Cooee! (IPA /ku:'i:/) is a shout used in the Australian Outback mainly to attract attention, find missing people, or indicate one's own location. When done correctly - loudly and shrilly - a call of "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. The call began as an Indigenous Australian custom – a loanword from the Dharuk, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area, and has now become widely used in Australia. It was known among White settlers there in colonial times and Watkin Tench r… (More on Cooee)