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which hurt her feet. The red band denotes the creek channel passin^s^ through 

 the watcrhole, and a i>iece of stone is inserted. 



301. MUDLAMANAWORANI (Diari Tribe). To the sandhill over- 

 grown with Mudlamana bush. The Toa represents the end of a sandhill 

 which the Muramura, Kirlawilina, found covered with this grass. 



302. DUNTJINI. To the Duntji bush plain. The grey part of the Toa 

 represents the colour of its soil, which a certain Muramura found covered with 

 these bushes ; hence the name, and the bunch of this bush at the top. 



303. KURAUARANI. To the Kurauara bush plain. The white head 

 represents a flat on which grow gum trees (red spots), ^^'hen the two Mura- 

 muras, Turipiwulana, once came to this place they found many Kurauara 

 bushes, and so named it. A bunch of the leaves of the bush is afifixed. 



304. WONATIRIWORDUNI (Diari Tribe). To the short, pointed 

 stakes. Here the Aluramnra, Pintanganina, sharpened short stakes with his 

 stone axe, which he fixed in the water for the purpose of attaching his nets to 

 them. The Toa represents such a stake. 



305. Name and meaning not known. 



306. PITJIBAKANANI (Diari Tribe). To the place where he peeled 

 off the bark, .'-^o named because the Muramura, Kirlawilina, having no 

 boomerang, stripped a piece of bark from a tree and threw it at some birds. 

 Pieces of bark are affixed to the Toa, the white part of which represents a flat 

 with red margins. 



307. KADNIWONKALANI (Tirari Tribe). To where the lizards come 

 out. So called because a Muramura, here, saw lizards (kadni) coming out of 

 a hole. The head of the Toa, into which a piece of lizard's tail is inserted, 

 represents a waterhole with red banks. 



308. BUNURUBURUNI (Wonkanguru Tribe). To the Bunuru bush 

 hill. The upper end denotes a conical hill which the Muramura, Wiltjukana, 

 found overgrown with this kind of bush. The red bands indicate water- 

 courses. 



309. PARAKARLINI (Diari Tribe). To the place of curly hair. So 

 named b}- a Muramura because he, there, noticed how curly was the hair of 

 liis dog. For this reason a tuft of dog's hair is affixed to the head of the Tea, 

 which represents a sandhill through which Cooper's Creek had broken. 



310. WONAMARRANI (Diari Tribe). To the new digging stick. Here 

 the Muramura, Darana, made himself a new stick for digging up roots. The 

 'i^.>a represents the stick. The white bands denote watercourses, and the red 

 the colour of the soil. 



