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mon on the Murray extend as far south as Lake Hindmarsh. 

 Traces of the Wiradjuri Burbung are also noticeable to the west 

 of the Lodden. 



No. 6. I have denominated the aggregate of tribes who occupied 

 the tract of country here represented, the Narrinyeri nation, 

 following the name of the tribe who were formerly located about 

 Lake Alexandrina, and the adjacent district. A prominent 

 feature of their inaugural ceremonies is the plucking out of the 

 hair from different portions of the body of the graduate, " the 

 secret parts suffering the most." 1 Their north-western boundary 

 from B to C is also the eastern limit of the custom of circumcision. 

 The northern continuation of this line from B to A, passing 

 through the corner of New South Wales, is also delineated upon 

 the map The position of this line from A northerly to the Gulf 

 of Carpentaria, being within Queensland territory all the way, is 

 given by me elsewhere. 



The divisional systems and inaugural rites of the natives 

 inhabiting the country represented by Nos. 4, 5 and 6 on the map, 

 are dealt with in a comprehensive article on " The Victorian 

 Aborigines," contributed by me to the Anthropological Society of 

 Washington, U.S.A., last year. 



No. 7 is the country of the tribes having the group names 

 Matturri and Karrara, who reach as far north as Cooper's Creek, 

 adjoining the Barkunjee tribes all the way. 



No. 8 represents the Kogai-Yuipera nation, who adjoin the 

 Barkunjee and Kamilaroi on the north. They are segregated into 

 two primary intermarrying groups, Yoonga and Ootheroo ; the 

 former is subdivided into two sections, called Bunburri and Koor- 

 gilla, and the latter into two, called Woongo and Koobaroo. To 

 the east of these people is the Dippil nation, extending from the 

 sea coast to include the valley of the Dawson and Upper Conda- 

 mine Rivers. They are divided into Deeajee and Karpeun, with 

 the sub-divisions Derwine and Bunda, and Banjoora and Barrang 

 respectively. 



l Folklore, Manners, etc. of S. A. Aborigines, (Adelaide 1879), p. 27. 



