Yulunga: chuboochuboo
TLF ID M006550
A chuboochuboo is a wallaby skin stuffed with grass and about the size of a football. Men, women and children played the game. The game generated a great deal of fun and enjoyment and never any arguments. It was observed being played in parts of South Australia. The Aboriginal people of the Lower Murray and surrounding areas played a game similar to chuboochuboo called dirlk (or ball). The ball was thrown into the air and caught. After catching the dirlk a player would run about with the ball before throwing it in an unexpected direction into the air. This is a throwing and catching game during which a group of players make as many consecutive catches as they can of a ball thrown into the air. The Yulunga: Traditional Indigenous Games resource was developed to provide all Australians with a greater understanding and appreciation of Indigenous culture by celebrating the games that Indigenous Australians have been playing across the country for hundreds of years.