The scale of a corroboree ranged from small, intimate gatherings to massive inter-tribal meetings. Samuel Smiles referred to “a few miserable” blacks meeting, and William Landsborough described a dance performed by two individuals for a small audience.
R.N. Richard Sadleir reported assemblies of 500 people. Lady Barker witnessed a performance by 120 prisoners in a jail. The largest gathering described is in John Morgan’s account, where “over a thousand souls” from “about 10 different tribes” assembled for a “grand corroboree.”