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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 



In the districts occupied by those tribes which are homogeneous 

 it is interesting to note that there are special names given to the 

 possessors of certain totem phratries. I will give a few in- 

 stances of these — 



Male. 



Wariara 



(Kajalbu) Emu 

 totem 



(Bardura and 

 Waru Turkey 

 and fire 



(Bungurdi) Kan-' 

 garoo 



(Kaju) Snake 



Waliri . . Wilari 



Female. 



Ngogoji.. Burduna tribe (Pal- 

 jari — Banaka 

 Phratry) 

 Burduna tribe (Pal- 

 jari — Banaka) 



Kajardu Ngajuri . . Tallainji tribe (Boo- 



rong — Kaimera) 

 Yaui . . Nyarlu . . Burduna tribe (Kai- 

 mera — Boorong) 

 (Warida) Eagle- . . Wiarrji . . Mambulu . Talainji and Bur- 

 hawk duna tribes (Pal 



jari — Banaka 

 Phratry) 

 No marriages are allowed within the totem phratry. Some 

 possible marriages are as follow : — 



Male. Female. Offspring. 



Wariara (emu) can marry . . Ngalguji (lizard) . . Wariara- 



Waliri (turkey) can marry . . Wirdari (iguana) . . Wahri 



Kajardu (rain and seed) can 



marry .. .. .. Mambulu (eaglehawk) Kajaidu 



Wariara (emu) can marry . . Wilari (turkey) . . Wariara 



It will be gatliered from the above few instances how interest- 

 ing the Ashbui'ton tribes are. 



The women of the totem phratries join in the songs and cere- 

 moni>es for the increase of the totem. 



Cross-cousin marriages are forbidden within the area covered 

 by the Ashburton tribes. 



Their kinship terms are (Boorong woman, Tailainga tribe, 

 speaking) — 



Jijini — sister (Boorong). 



Bald-ani — brother (Boorong). 



Baboji — father (Kaimera). 



Binarda; bibiju — mother (Banaka). 



Mimi — mother's brother (Banaka). 



Nganyi; mogolyu — father's sister (Kaimera). 



Jurdi yagan — husband (Pal jari). 



Yagan — husband's brother (Pal jari). 



Thuani — husband's sister (Pal jari). 



Jurdigura — son (Banaka). 



Kundalyu — daughter (Banaka). 



Dhooa nganyina — husband's mother (Kaimera). 



