82 MATHEWS—SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES,  [an. 19, 
reliable data, from which to prepare such a map, has been the 
result of long and patient inquiry extending over some years. 
The following synopsis shows how the two phratries intermarry 
and the descent of the resulting offspring : 
TABLE No. 1. 
Phrairy. Husband. Wife. Offspring. 
A Kirraroo, Matturri, Matturri. 
B Matturri, Kirraroo, Kirraroo. 
All the people, men and women alike, bear the name of an ani- 
mal or some other natural object, which is their totem. I have 
noticed that certain totems which belong to one phratry in a 
given district are found to belong to the other phratry among the 
members of a tribe occupying a different part of the country. 
Similar differences have been observed by me among the native 
tribes of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Therefore, 
in supplying a few lists of some of the totems attached to the two 
phratries—Kirraroo and Matturri—the name of the tribe will be 
mentioned in each case. 1 will take the totems of the Arrabunna 
tribe first. 
The undermentioned totemic names may be enumerated as some 
of those belonging to the people comprising the Kirraroo group : 
Emu, Rainbow, Diver, 
Mopoke, Scrub Turkey, Bull-dog Ant, 
Fish, Gum Tree, Crane, 
Common Fly, Top-knot Pigeon, Moon, 
Sun, Clouds, Sandalwood Tree, 
Rain, Lightning, Barley Grass, 
North Wind, Thunder, Acacia, 
Nardoo, Crow, Carpet Snake, 
Hailstones, Opossum, Spoonbill, 
Box Tree, Pelican, Beefwood Tree, 
Needle Bush, Mimosa, Green Snake. 
Among the totems of the people constituting the Matturri group 
may be mentioned the following : 
