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divisions are identical in them all. 1 I shall endeavour to 

 briefly place an outline of this identity before the reader. 



We have seen that the Barkunjee people possess only 

 two divisions or phratries, Table VII. A man of phratry 

 A marries a woman of phratry B. It is also apparent that 

 the men of phratry A, for example, can take their wives 

 from either phratry. This amounts to the statement that 

 the aggregate of men in phratry A can marry all the 

 women in the community. 



Next, taking the Wongaibon tribe, Table VI., we find 

 that the two sections, Murri and Kubbi, if taken together, 

 are equal to Mukkungurra of the Barkunjee, and Ippai and 

 Kumbo together represent Kilpungurra. Murri and Kubbi 

 taken jointly marry But ha and Ippatha taken jointly in 

 one phratry. But Murri and Kubbi can jointly marry 

 Matha and Kubbitha taken jointly in the other phratry, 

 which is equal to Mukkungurra espousing Mukkungurraga 

 in the Barkunjee. A little consideration shows us that 

 the Murris and Kubbis taken collectively can marry into 

 the whole four sections of the community. 



We now come to the Wombaia divisions, Table I., which 

 on account of their number will occupy a little more space 

 to describe. Ohoolum and Oheenum, taken together as one 

 person, represent Murri. Tiiey marry Ningulum and Noo- 

 ralum, who together represent Butha, the wife of Murri. 

 Jamerum and Yacomary together represent Kubbi. 2 They 

 marry Palyareenya and Bungareenya, the daughters of 

 Ningulum and Nooralum, who represent Ippatha, the 

 daughter of Butha and wife of Kubbi. That is, Ohoolum, 

 Oheenum, Jamerum and Yacomary, collectively, marry all 

 the women in phratry A of Table I., the same as Murri 



1 Bull. Soc. d' Anthrop. de Paris, tome n., Serie v., (1901) p. 415. 



2 These equivalents are only assumed, for the sake of comparison. 



