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.
[1] In December 1797, tribal fighting resulted in Colebe, a friend of Bennelong, killing a man named Yeranibe in a cowardly manner.
[2] Colebe later faced a traditional trial of justice by having spears thrown at him, but 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.
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.