THE TOTEMIC DIVISIONS OF AUSTRALIAN TRIBES. 169 
A Man Marries The Children are 
Irpoong Irrakedena | Irroong and Patyang 
Marroong | Patyang mboong and Irrakedena 
Trroong Arrakan Irpoong and Matyang 
Imboong | Matyang Marroong and Arrakan 
Irpoong and Marroong are the equivalents of Murri and Kubbi; 
and Irroong and Imboong correspond to Ippai and Kumbo respec- 
tively. 
On the north-east coast there are a number of tribes divided 
into four sections framed after the Kamilaroi type. They occupy 
the country from the Hunter River northerly to the Clarence, 
and extend from the coast inwards almost to the main dividing 
range, where they join the Anaywan people. These tribes 
comprise the people speaking the Wattung,! the Dhangatty, the 
Koombanggary, and the Bunjellung languages, with some other 
dialects of less importance. The names of the divisions are as 
follow :— 
A Man Marries. The Children are 
Kurpoong Wirrakan Wirroong and Wanggan 
Marroong Wanggan Womboong and Wirrakan 
Wirroong Karragan Kurpoong and Kooran 
Womboong | Kooran Marroong and Karragan 
Both in the New England and in the coastal tribes, tabulated 
above, the rules of marriage and descent are precisely the same as 
among the four sections of the Kamilaroi already explained, and 
the intermarriage of certain totems within their own section also 
obtains among these people. 
There is a group of tot to K d Marroong— 
or as they are called on New England, Toponey, and Marroong— 
among which may be enumerated the native bear, flying-fox, 
v 1 The soles age rites of these tribes are described in my papers on 
The Keeparra Ceremony of Initiation.”—Journ. Anthrop. Inst., Xxv1., 
= = 885 “The Dhalgai Cerermony.”—Ibid., 338 — 340. 
