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DESCRIPTION OF TWO BORA GROUNDS OF THE 

 KAMILAROI TRIBE. 



By R. H. Mathews, l.s., 



Assoc, etran. Soc. d'Anthrop. de Paris. 



Read before the Royal Society of N.8. Wales, November 7, 19V, 



Introduction. 

 The large territory originally occupied by the various 

 tribelets of the Kamilaroi comm unity may be briefly indicated 

 as extending from Jerry's Plains on the Hunter River? 

 northerly as far as Walgett, Mungindi and Boggabilla on 

 the Barwon River, taking in the basins of the Namoi and 

 Gwydir Rivers, and also reaching a short distance beyond 

 the Queensland boundary. Among the Kamilaroi the Bora 

 was a great educational system for the initiation of the 

 youths to the privileges and obligations of manhood; and 

 at the same time to inculcate the civil and moral laws of 

 the community. The proceedings involved were carried 

 out at a suitable place in the bush, where the necessary 

 clearing and marking had been done. 



For some previous papers by me on subjects relating to 

 the aborigines, see the following: — "Bora held at Gunda- 

 bloui," Vol. xxvm of this Journal (1894), pages 98 to 129. 

 "Bora of the Kamilaroi Tribe at Tall wood," Vol. ix, N.S., 

 (1896), Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, pages 

 137 to 173. "Grammar and Vocabulary of the Kamilaroi 

 Language," in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological 

 Institute, London, Vol. xxxin, pages 259 to 283 (1903). 



The Bora Ground at Terry-hie-hie. 

 There is a very old Bora ground of the Kamilaroi tribes 

 on Terry-hie-hie Station, in the Parish of the same name, 

 County of Oourallie, New South Wales, respecting which 



