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wife from the "direct" section, and another spouse from the 

 "alternative" division — the nomenclature of the progeny being 

 regulated as above explained. 



It has been stated in an earlier page that the children belong 

 to the same phratry as their mother, and in many tribes the totem 

 is also handed down in the same way. In carefully examining 

 tables of genealogies, however, it is quite clear that marriage, 

 relationship and descent, depend mainly on the father's side of 

 the house — a law which applies with the same cogency to the 

 Wombya, Kamilaroi and Parrikalla systems. The rule is equally 

 persistent in the Tooar type of organisation, which I have 

 described elsewhere. 



The people of both sexes marry an individual belonging to the 

 same phratry as their father. Taking an example from Table 

 No. 3, we see that Chingulum marries Noolum, of the same phratry 

 as his father Yacomary. Noolum takes as her husband a Chin- 

 gulum man, belonging to the phratry of her father Palyarin. By 

 employing Table No. 2, for our example, it is observed that Ippai 

 marries a Kubbitha woman belonging to the same phratry as his 

 father Murri. And Kubbitha marries Ippai, a man of her father 

 Kumbo's phratry. 



All the people, men and women alike, marry an individual 

 belonging to the same section of their father's phratry as that to 

 which his mother belongs. By taking our example from Table 

 No. 3, we find that Choolum's father is Palyarin, and Palyarin's 

 mother is Ningulum. Choolum marries a Ningulum woman, who 

 therefore belongs to his father's mother's section. Again, Nin- 

 gulum's father is Yacomary, and Yacomary's mother is Noolum. 

 Noolum mates with Chingulum, the name of her father's mother's 

 section. Using Table No. 2, for an example, it is seen that 

 Murri's father is Ippai, and the mother of Ippai is Butha; Murri 

 marries Butha, his father's mother's section name. Also, Butha's 

 father is Kubbi, and Kubbi's mother is Matha. Butha is married 

 to Murri, the section name of her father's mother. 



