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SOCIAL ORGANISATION

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showing a wider extension of the names which were first observed in one of the Kamilaroi tribes.

TRIBES ABOUT MARYBOROUGH
Classes.Sub-Classes.
KupathinBalgoin
Bunda
TilbiParang
Theirwain

In Great Sandy Island there is the same system, and I obtained the following from a man who was Theirwein-wurumi.

MURUBURRA TRIBE, WHITE CLIFFS
Classes.Sub-Classes.Totems.
Not knownBalgoinThullawater snake
Kogeacarpet snake
Murrired kangaroo
Moroinemu
Mebeitturtle
Woroweiguana
BundaMeriblack dingo
Murongblack duck
Brongunthunder
Wotchayellow dingo
BaringWagafish-hawk
Huntchabream
TherwainWurumifire
Gorgoiopossum

In this tribe, and probably in all tribes between the Bunya-Bunya Mountains and Great Sandy Island, descent is in the male line. For instance my informant, Theirwein-wurumi, took his class and totem names from his father.

I am not able to define the northern limits of this class

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