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mirudi belonging to Yarnder jimari totem men had transverse 

 lines placed lozengewise on them, these markings representing the 

 track of the maiamba jimari burna (maiamba totem ground). 

 Maiamba may mean shrine, ancestral sacred spot, &c. 



The long, flat, carved and pointed boards are called yinma, 

 and these also have totemic markings on them. They are usually 

 secreted, with the mirndi in some spot near the maiamba burna; 

 and neither women nor uninitiated boys can see these implements. 

 The jimari totem does not appear to be confined to father and 

 son moiety, as with the Ashburton totems. All the Ngaiu wonga 

 men at Yarnder appear to have the jimari as their totem. 



Stone mirudi with totem markings, are fouild in the spinifex 

 area. A large stone mirudi in the Bardu wonga tribe is of oval 

 thape, and is about 2 feet in length and over a foot in width. 

 The eaglehawk (walau-uru) is the totem of some Jaruru-Boorong 

 (fathers and sons) in the Bardu wonga tribe, and amongst these 

 the term applied to their totem is miljibini (finger nail), alluding 

 to the claws of the bird. The bird's real name must not be men- 

 tioned. The real name of the animal or bird totem is not men- 

 tioned, but some attribute or function of the totem is vised when 

 speaking of it. 



Totems throughout this area also seem to be localized, and 

 all have "maiamba" kurdaru burna (totem ground). The maiamba 

 spot, or ground (burna), may be a hill, a small, flat, cleared space, 

 or a curiously shaped stone representative of the totem itself. 

 There are maiamba kangaroo, maiamba emu, and maiamba lice, 

 &c., &c., and the elders whose kurdaru (or totems) these are, 

 and who are " mobburn " (sorcerers), can kill enemies with their .* 

 li tern magic — the lice totem man sends lice upon his enemy, the / 

 jimari totem man sends the jimari inside his foe, whose intestines/ 

 are cut by the magic implement, and so on. 



Possibly "maiamba" may hold a similar meaning' to Spencer 

 and Gillen's " alcheringa." 



" Bilyunu," or infant betrothals, ai'e customary in all these 

 tribes. 



Some kinship terms of the Ngaiu wonga tribe are as follow 

 (Boorong woman speaking) : — 



Jurdaju — sister (Boorong). 



Kurdaju, boaju — older and younger brother (Boorong). 



Mamadhu — father (Paljari). 



Yago, yagoli — mother (Boorguloo). 



Kombarnu, komuru — mother's brother (Boorguloo). 



Maraiji — father's sister (own). 



Mardung — husband (Kaimera) . 



Mardungu — husband's brother (Kaimera). 



Juari — husband's sister (Kaimera). 



Wabi, ngunari — husband's mother (Paljari). 



Kadha — son, daughter. 



