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The names of the most important of the tribes in this area are 

 the Warkeeman, Booburam, Shanganburra, Kookoowarra, Mul- 

 aritchee, Chungki, and Koochulburra. As the first mentioned is 

 much the most numerous, and holds the largest territory, I propose 

 giving their name to the community. The tribes of the Warkee- 

 man community are organised into two intermarrying groups, 

 each of which is divided into two sections, with rules of marriage 

 and descent as exemplified in the following table : — 



Group. Husband. Wife. Children. 



A j Koopungie Cheekungie Karpungie 



' ( Kellungie Karpungie Cheekungie 



-d j Cheekungie Koopungie Kellungie 



( Karpungie Kellungie Koopungie 



The members of the Koopungie and Kellungie sections form a 

 group, which may be called A ; and the Cheekungie and Kar- 

 pungie sections constitute Group B. There is a collocation of 

 totems attached to each group, and the children take the name of 

 the complementary section in the division to which their mother 

 belongs. For the particulars of the organisation of the Warkee- 

 man community I am indebted to the painstaking enquiries of my 

 friend Mr. Dickson. 



In Northern Queensland, between the Nicholson River and the 

 north-west corner of that colony, extending southerly a consider- 

 able distance from the Gulf of Carpentaria, are some tribes 

 possessing a different organization to any of those hitherto reported 

 in other parts of Queensland. They are divided into eight sections 

 — four of which form a group, which T have called A, and the 

 other four Group B. The names of these sections, with the rules 

 of intermarriage, and the sections to which the offspring belong, 

 are exemplified in the subjoined table : — 



Husband. Wife. Sons. Daughters. 



. /Bolangee Nungallermer Bullerringee Nulyarramer 



p^ Kommerangee Nulyarramer Burralangee Nurralammer 



o Narrabalangee Nurralammer Bongaringee Nongarimmer 



® \Yakamurry Nongarimmer Kunuller Nungallermer 



