THE TOTEMIC DIVISIONS OF AUSTRALIAN TRIBES. 155 
in certain particulars, gives a tolerably good outline of the divis- 
ions of the tribes of which he treats. 
Sir John Forrest, when he visited the north-west coast of 
Western Australia in 1878, found that the aborigines of Nichol 
Bay were divided into four classes, two of which intermarried with 
the other two, and the children followed the mother’s family.’ 
In 1880, Mr. A. W. Howitt and the Rev. L. Fison published 
their joint work “Kamilaroi and Kurnai,” in which the last 
named author commented upon the structure of the Kamilaroi 
tribes as laid down by Mr. Ridley, and also added details of 
similar tribal divisions in other parts of Australia. A few years 
later Mr. A. W Howitt contributed two papers to the Anthropo- 
logical Institute on the “ Class Systems of Australian Tribes,” in 
which he included the Kamilaroi system, and described others of 
the same character, particulars of which had been furnished to 
him by correspondents in different parts of the country.? Besides 
the publications referred to, both Mr. Howitt and Mr. Fison have 
done much useful work in regard to some of the customs of the 
Australian aborigines. 
Mr. Edward Palmer, in 1884, communicated a valuable paper, 
containing the results of his own personal observations, to the 
Anthropological Institute, in which amongst other native customs, 
he gave particulars of the names of the divisions of several tribes 
on thé Kamilaroi basis in New South Wales and Queensland.® 
Other writers could be referred to, but my object is merely to 
draw the reader’s attention to some of the earlier workers in this 
field. 
In 1894 I contributed to the Royal Geographical Society of 
Australasia at Brisbane, a paper on the Kamilaroi divisions, in 
which I briefly showed how tribes of that type are organised into 
1 Journ. Anthrop. Inst., 1x., 356-357; Austsn. Assoc. Adv. Sci., I1., 
653 - 654. 
2 Journ, Anthrop. Inst., x11., 496 — 512; Ibid., xv1., 31-70. 
* Journ. Anthrop. Inst., x1rr., 276-847. 
