supply charm, 399-400; evil magic, 362; the tribal All-father, 488; initiation ceremonies, 673-5; message-stick, 706; food rules, 763, 764

Naseby, C, 57, 204, 303, 332, 343, 376, 401, 466, 594, 688, 721, 743

Nation, definition of, 44; Itchumundi, 49; Karamundi, 49, 50; Barkiiiji, 50; Wotjobaluk, 55; Kamilaroi, 56-57; Wiradjuri, 56, 105; Kulin, 70; Kuinmurbura, 111

Naualko tribe, 50

Nauo tribe, 47

Ngameni murdus, 94; food-supply ceremonies, see Dieri

Ngarigo tribe, 77-8; class system, 101, 102; marriages, 197; betrothal, 198; elopement, 198; remarriage of widows, 199; tribal government, 302; Headman, 302; burial, 461-2; initiation ceremonies, 563; messenger, 686-7; message-stick, 693; smoke signal, 720-1; gesture language, 732; cannibalism, 748; food rules, 759-60; ball-playing, 770; Ngarigo and Wolgal fire drill, 771-2

Ngurawala tribe, graves, 449; reception of messengers, 685-6

Nose-perforation, Kurnai, 740; Wift-un-jerri, Yuin. at Port Stephens, Turrbal, Chepara, 741; flattening nose, Yuin, Wiimbaio, Maitland tribe, 743

Occtipations, hereditary, in Herbert River tribes, 720

O'Donnell, W., 93

Offences, punishment of, by Dieri, 183, 326-32; Tongaranka, Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri, 332; Maryljorough tribes, Buntamurra, Kaiabara, Turrbal, 333; Wiimbaio, 334; Wotjobaluk, 334, 370; Mukjarawaint, 334; tribes of South-west Victoria, 335-6; Yuin, 342; Kamilaroi, Gringai, Geawe-gal, 343; Kurnai, 344-8; Chepara. 355

Omens and warnings, 400-2

Omeo tribe, see Ya-itma-thang; see Theddora

Organisation, local and social, 42

O'Rourke, J., 197, 354

Painchunga tribe, 69

Palmer, E., 105, 110, 236, 268

Pardnappa, initiation ceremony, see Parnkalla

Parent and child marriage, how prevented, 284 sqq.

Parker, Protector E. S. , 443, 459, 492

Parnkalla tribe, 47, 67; betrothal, 191; Warrara ceremony, 667-8; Pardnappa ceremony, 668-9; Wilyalkinyi ceremony, 669-71

Paruinji tribe, 50; class system, 99

Peek-whuurong tribe, 69

Perigundi legend, see Dieri

Petrie, Tom, 137, 237, 323, 333, 385, 399, 401, 418, 445, 470, 581, 740, 741. 747. 753. 755. 768

Physical features of South east Australia, 34-40

Pinya, see Dieri

Pirrauru, see Marriage

Pitcheri expedition, see Dieri

"Pointing the bone," Dieri, 359-60; Tongaranka, 360; Wotjobaluk, 361, 368; Kurnai. 361-2; Jajaurung. 363; Mukjarawaint, 369; Wiradjuri, magical pointing, 361

Poison, alleged use of, 362

Port Jackson tribes, marriage rules, 268; Headmen, 315; burial, 463-4; initiation ceremonies, 566-9

Port Macquarie tribe, Kabbarah ceremonies, 576-8

Port Phillip blacks, burial. 458

Port Stephens tribe, marriage rules, 268; Headmen, 316; rain-dispersers, 371; burial, 465; legendary beings, 496; Coen, 496; initiation ceremonies, 572-4; gestures, 726; nose-perforation, 741; mutilation, 747

Projecting evil substances, see Magic

Punishment of offences, 326-48 ; for transgressing class laws, 183, 194, 196, 208, 222, 332

Purbung ceremonies, see Ta-tathi

Quartz crystal, use of, by medicine-men, 357-8

Queensland tribes, some of, 58. 59, 60

Queenslander, the, 111, 220

Rainbow, see Beliefs

Rainfall, tables of, 39

Rain-makers and weather-changers, see Medicine-man

Red-ochre pigment (Wilya), 762; expeditions, see Dieri, and Yantruwunta

Relationships, classificatory system of, 156; Dieri. 158; Kurnai, 168

Ridley, Rev. William, 4, 103, 199, 202, 203, 494, 502-3

Roasting, see Magic

Roe, D. Elphinstone, 129, 258, 313, 484, 744, 746

Roth, H. Ling, 4, 8, 31

Roth, Dr. W. E., 42, 65, 118

Rugs, opossum, of Kurnai, 742