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and a daughter Aponunga and Naponunga. Tungulli the son of 

 Ampatjona marries Naponunga, the daughter of Tampatjona his 

 father's sister. Apanunga the son of Tampatjona marries Nun- 

 gulli, the daughter of Ampatjona his mother's brother. The 

 relationship of brother and sister here referred to must of course 

 be understood as tribal only, and not of the full blood. 



Mr. S. N. Innes, having read my paper on the Kamilaroi class 

 system, 1 took a lively interest in the subject and commenced study- 

 ing it. He wrote me that he was acquainted with a number of 

 tribes having very interesting divisions, and stated his willingness 

 to assist me if I gave him the points on which to make enquiries. 

 This I immediately did, and made such suggestions as I thought 

 might be of value. After a lot of correspondence, and much 

 thrashing out, I am now enabled to prepare the following table,, 

 showing the divisions of the tribes occuping a considerable tract 

 of country in the Northern Territory, stretching from near the 

 Gulf of Carpentaria westerly across the overland telegraph line ; 

 and there is reason to believe that a similar organisation extends 

 onwards into West Australia. 



Husband 



. /Choolum 



^ I Jamerum 



o ] Cheenum 



Yacomary 



— 



Wife 

 Ningulum 

 Palyarinya 

 Nooralum 

 Bungarinya 



Sons 

 Palyarin 

 Chooralum 

 Bungarin 

 Chingulum 



Daughters 

 Palyarinya 

 Nooralum 

 Bungarinya 

 Ningulum 



O 



'Chingulum Noolum Yacomary Yacomarin 



Bungareen Yacomarin Cheenum Neenum 



Chooralum Neenum Jamerum Neomarum 



Palyarin Neomarum Choolum Noolum 



The community is divided into two intermarrying groups, A 

 and B, the men of one group marrying the women of the other, or 

 the sons of group A marrying the sisters of the men of their own 

 generation in group B, and vice versa, subject to certain rules which. 



1 The Kamilaroi Class System of Australian Aborigines — Proc. Roy- 

 Geog. Soc. Aust. (Q.), x., 18 - 34. 



