80 MATHEWS—SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.  [Jan. 19, 
Mr. Noble, a police trooper, in describing the customs of the 
Alury tribe of the Flinders Range,’ says they were divided into 
“two clans,’’ called Muttay and Arriee, which I have assumed are 
intended to represent Mattiri and Karraru of the Parnkalla divi- 
sions. Mr. Noble includes ‘‘ Crystal Brook and surrounding coun- 
try ’’ in his description, which would overlap and include the ter- 
ritory of the Noocoona tribe above referred to. This suggests the 
inference that the Alury and Noocoona were subtribes of the same 
people. 
The Kooyeeunna and some smaller allied tribes occupy the coun- 
try from South Lake Eyre, including Turret Range, Chambers 
creek, Screech-Owl creek, and others, to Lake Torrens, and 
southerly along its eastern shore as far as Nilpena station, where 
they adjoin the Alury already mentioned. A friend of mine who 
resided a long time on Willochra creek, in the heart of the country 
occupied by the Alury tribe, says their proper name is Eeleeree. 
He states that they are divided into the two groups, Mattiri and 
Karraru, like the Hillary people, who are their near neighbors on 
the western side of Lake Torrens. Both tribes circumcise and split 
the penis of the youths, and their language has many words in com- 
mon. The Kooyeeunna extend northeasterly to meet the Dieyerie ; 
and on the southeast they are joined by the Kutchnamootha and 
friendly tribes, who are spread over the district from Mount Free- 
ling to Lake Frome and Lake Blanche.? East of the Kutchna- 
mootha is inhabited by the Pulladapa tribe, including the country 
adjacent to Lake Callabonna, and thence toward the New South 
Wales boundary. 
Adjoining the Kooyeeunna and Kutchnamootha, and reaching 
northerly, beyond Cooper’s creek, is the territory of the Die- 
yerie tribes. Their eastern boundary is approximately a line 
drawn from Mount Freeling, through Lakes Blanche and Hope, to 
Lake Perigundi.* From the debouchure of the Diamantina river 
into Lake Eyre, up that river to Goyder’s Lagoon, taking in 
Kalamurina, Cowarie, Mungarane and Berlino stations, is inhab- 
ited by the Ahminnie tribe. Beyond the Ahminnie is the Wonka- 
1 Folklore, Manners, etc., S. A. Aborigines (1879), p. 64. 
2Mr. E. M. Curr, in his book, Zhe Australian Race (1886), refers to these 
two tribes, whom he calls Cooyiannie and Kudnamietha. Vol. ii, p. 118. 
3 Compare with description given by S. Gason in his Dzeyerte Tribes of Aus. 
Aborigines (1874), p. Il. 
