334''mathews — DIVISIONS of Queensland aborigines, [nov is, 



the same as in the two adjoining nations, the children of both sexes 

 taking the totem name of their mother. The undermentioned are 

 a few of the totems common to Moonal and Karilburra : curlew, 

 wallaby, rain, russet hawk, bat, yellow-bellied snake. The Koo- 

 ealla and Koorpal sections have the following totems amongst 

 others : crow, boomerang, jackass, eaglehawk, salt water perch. 



The intermarriage of certain totems belonging to the same sec- 

 tion, referred to in my explanation of the marriage laws of the 

 Dippil nation, also prevails in the Kooinmerburra community. 

 For example, a Moonal might, under certain restrictions, marry a 

 Moonalan of a totem different to his own. 



For the particulars of the social structure of the Kooinmerburra, 

 and their geographic range, I am much indebted to Mr. William 

 H. Flowers, one of my most valued correspondents, who took a 

 deal of trouble in replying to ray inquiries. In 1894, in an article 

 treating of another tribe, ^ I incidentally referred to the Kooinmer- 

 burra divisions reported by Mr. Flowers. The divisions of this 

 tribe have also been briefly mentioned by Mr. A. W. Howitt.* The 

 full details given in the present article, and the map defining the 

 boundaries of the tract of country occupied by all the tribes of 

 this organization, have never been published until now. 



Explanation of Plate XIII. 



No. I. The Dippil nation, at its southern end, extends a little 

 way within the New South Wales frontier — the whole of the 

 remainder being situated in Queensland. Moreton and Stradbroke 

 islands appertain to this organization. 



No. 2. The Kogai-Yuipera nation adjoins the northern boundary 

 of the Barkunjee and Kamilaroi nations of New South Wales, which 

 encroach some distance within Queensland territory. All the 

 tribes occupying the country to the west of the line AB practice 

 the rite of circumcision, but to the east of that line the custom is 

 not in force. 



No. 3. The Kooinmerburra nation inhabits a comparatively 

 small territory fronting the sea-coast for some distance north and 

 south of the Fitzroy river,. 



No. 4 is the northern extremity of the country of the Kamilaroi 



^ Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc. AusL (Q.), x., 27 

 '^yourn. Anthrop. Inst., xiii, 341. 



