15-610: Maroubra could refer to: People [ edit ] Moorooboora , an Indigenous Australian Eora leader from the area around what is now called Maroubra, New South Wales Places in Australia [ edit ] Maroubra Beach , a beach in Maroubra, Sydney, Australia Maroubra, New South Wales , a suburb in Sydney, Australia Maroubra Junction, New South Wales , an unbounded locality of
30-493: A Bora site might consist of two circles of stones, and the boys would start the ceremony in the larger, public, one, and end it in the other, smaller, one, to which only initiated men are admitted. Robert Hamilton Mathews (1897) gives an excellent eye-witness account of a Bora ceremony, and explains the common use of the two circles. One very fine example of a two ring bora ceremonial site used to exist in Alberton , Queensland till it
45-426: A ceremonial ground, such as burbung ( Wiradjuri ), and kuringal ( Yuin ). The specific word is said to come from the belt worn by initiated men. The appearance of the site varies among cultures, but it is often associated with stone arrangements , rock engravings , or other art works . In the bora rites of southeastern Australia, two circles were drawn, connected by a pathway, a schema which appears to replicate
60-404: A friend of Bennelong , killing a man named Yeranibe in a cowardly manner. Yeranibe's friends, including Gnunga Gnunga Murremurgan and Moorooboora seized their weapons, determined to take revenge on Colebe and members of his family. Colebe and one of his relations were beaten very severely, but were not killed. Colebe later faced a traditional trial of justice by having spears thrown at him, but
75-460: A sky Bora, or the configuration of a series of positions in the Milky Way . Typically, bora ground comprised a larger circle with a diameter of between 20–30 metres, and a smaller ring around 10–15 metres in diameter. The former was a more public space while the latter was sacred, and restricted to male participants who were either the instructing male elders or the initiants. In south-east Australia,
90-462: Is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia . The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men. The initiation ceremony differs from Aboriginal culture to culture, but often, at a physical level, involved scarification , circumcision, subincision and, in some regions, also
105-712: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Moorooboora Moorooboora (c.1758 – January 1798), also known as Moroobra or Maroubra , was a leader of the Murro-ore-dial clan of the Eora people who resided in what is now the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney . He was the father of Cora Gooseberry and the father-in-law of the prominent Indigenous Australian sailor Bungaree . In December 1797, tribal fighting resulted in Colebe ,
120-528: The Bora is often associated with the creator-spirit Baiame . In the Sydney region, large earth mounds were made, shaped as long bands or simple circles. Sometimes the boys would have to pass along a path marked on the ground representing the transition from childhood to manhood, and this path might be marked by a stone arrangement or by spirit footprints ( mundowa ), cut into the rock. In other areas of south-east Australia,
135-455: The hip bone, going through his body, penetrating the bladder in its passage. Moorooboora died of this wound about an hour later. Moorooboora's name is derived from muru (meaning pathway) and boora (meaning initiation ground ). In particular, it refers to the pathway that went to the initiation ground that was at Boora Point in south-eastern Sydney and is how the present suburb of Maroubra gets its name. Bora (Australian) Bora
150-403: The removal of a tooth. During the rites, the youths who were to be initiated were taught traditional sacred songs, the secrets of the tribe's religious visions, dances, and traditional lore. Many different clans would assemble to participate in an initiation ceremony. Women and children were not permitted to be present at the sacred bora ground where these rituals were undertaken. The word Bora
165-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Maroubra . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maroubra&oldid=1222627716 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732851754559180-586: The suburb of Maroubra in Sydney Electoral district of Maroubra , an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales Genus [ edit ] Maroubra (fish) , a genus of pipefishes Maroubra perserrata Maroubra yasudai Army [ edit ] Maroubra Force , an infantry force that defended Port Moresby Topics referred to by
195-458: Was destroyed, and made way for a pineapple plantation in the late 1950s. The smaller southern ring contained a dolmen -like structure. The rings are joined by a sacred walkway. While most are confined to south-east Queensland and eastern New South Wales , five earth rings have been recorded near the Victorian town of Sunbury , although Aboriginal use has not been documented. Bora rings in
210-618: Was originally taken from the Gamilaraay language spoken by the Kamilaroi people who lived in the region north of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales to southern Queensland. It was then adopted broadly to describe similar ritual sites and the ceremonies associated with them performed throughout Eastern Australia. Many other terms exist across Australia to denote similar initiatory rites on
225-506: Was saved from death by some British soldiers. Unhappy with this interference of ritual law, Moorooboora and several associates later made a further attack on Colebe in January 1798. After several blows on the head, it was supposed that Colebe was dead, but upon seeing him attempting to get up, Moorooboora returned to land the final blow. However, one of Colebe's friends speared Moorooboora before he could hit Colebe. The spear entered Moorooboora over
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