PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 



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Variations in class nomenclature occur amongst the divisions 

 in the northern areas, but as it was necessary to have a uniform 

 system of spelling in the districts where the above four classes 

 ■obtain, the dialectic equivalents which were most extensively used 

 were adopted. Two dialectic variations are here given — 



Fitzroy River Bistrict. 



Parungu 

 Panaka 



Darby, Bsagle Bay, Glenelg River. 



Puroong'oo 



Panaka 



Kaiam'ba 

 Parrajer 



Kaiamba 

 Parrjerri 



East Pilbara. 



The class system of the East Pilbara tribes, some of which are 

 Nang'amurda, Kar'adhari, Ngala, Nyamel, Widagari, Bailgu, 

 Ngadhari, and Ibarrga, whose territories range from south-west 

 of^the Ninety-mile Beach towards Marble Bar and the Nullagine, 

 i i as follows : — 



A. Boorong. 



B. Banaka. 



C. Kaimera. 



D. Paljari. 



A change occurs here in the marriage laws and descent, as 

 sliown hereunder — 



Male, Foraale. Offspring. 



A. Boorong = D. Paljari . . G. Kaimera 



B. Bauaka = C. Kaimera . . D. Paljari 



C. Kaimera = B. Bauaka . . A. Boorong 



D. Paljari = A. Boorong . . B. Banaka 



It will be noted that the West Kimberley marrying pairs, 

 Boorong — Banaka, Kaimera — Paljari, become the " mothers' 

 children " moiety in the above arrangement of the classes. 



Cross-cousin (first cousin) marriages are permitted in the above 

 tribes, own mother's brothers' sons and own father's sisters' 

 daughters being betrothed to each other. 



Totems are hereditary, and certain ceremonies are performed 

 by the Boorong — Kaimera moiety (fathers and sons), and by the 

 Banaka — Paljari moiety (also fathers and sons), for their heredi- 

 tary totems. 



Certain hereditary totems are localized, and in these local 

 centres there are special places called thalu, which may be mound, 

 pool, or hill, where the ceremonies for the increase of the totem 

 are performed by the moieties of such totem. Some totems are 

 eaten, others are abstained from. Women may assist and take 

 some part in the ceremonies for the increase of the totems of their 

 moiety. 



