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Here the JNJuranuira, Narimalpiri, observed a' watercourse having the form 

 of a tree stump whose two broken branches resembled short boomerangs 

 (KirraJ ; hence the name. The white parts of the Toa represent a water- 

 course, and the red portions holes in it. 



51. YIMINILINANI (Wonkanguru Tribe). To where one clasps 

 with the arms. Here the Muramura, Palungopina, rested, and clasped in his 

 arms two of his dead attendants, whom he had brought with him. The upper 

 ])art of the Toa represents a sandhill on which are several watercourses (red 

 and )'eIlow stripes). At the top of the hill is a solitary tree such as is recog- 

 nized as a land mark, this being indicated by the erect tuft of fur. The black 

 figure below the head signifies Salt Creek, which here expands into a lake 

 with various small islands in it (white spots). 



52. PANTUMANDRUYAPARUNI (Diari Tribe). To the two lakes 

 where fish are caught. White denotes two lakes which are separated by an 

 elevation of the land. In accordance with the name, fish bones are inserted 

 into the head of the Toa. 



53. (Name and significance not known.) 



34. TALPALINI (Diari Tribe). To the two ears. The Muramura, 

 Yelkalialubaluna, carrying about \\ith him his two murdered sons, threw away, 

 from time to time, jjarts of their bodies liecause they were too heavy for him. 

 At this place he threw awav the head of one son from which a hill, bush- 

 covered, is said to have been formed. The two projections from the Toa re- 

 present the ears, and the hill, in fact, has two spurs opposite to one another, 

 the soil of one being red and of the other chalky in colour. 



55. KARUWONKARLI (Ngamani Tribe). To the grey hairs. So 

 called because the Muramura, Karuwontirina, once sat here, and on hearing 

 that two young people had eaten a fat snake, he turned their hair grey. Con- 

 sequently a wis]i of grev hair is inserted into the head of the Toa, which repre- 

 sents a plain crossed by two watercourses (red bands). 



56. NGATTIMARUNI & NGATTANIMURALYANI (Diari Tribe). 

 To the black, and to the red, child. Once there were two JMuramura 

 women, one of whom gave birth to a black child, and the other to a child of 

 reddish colour. These children are represented by the two arms of the Toa, 

 and the white part from which they spring signifies a waterhole, called Ninti- 

 wiya. in which grow gum trees (small red projections at the top of the white 

 head). 



57. PIRIKUNDINI (Diari Tribe). To Lake I^erigundi, the name 

 meaning crooked. This is a lake in the course of the Cooper above Lake Hope. 

 The Toa represents, inside the outer red border, a lake basin which is flooded 



