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another name is added, which is derived from some 
object in nature, as a plant, animal, or insect. This 
name continues until after marriage and the birth of 
the first child, upon which the father takes the name 
of this child, and has the word binna or spinna, (an 
adult,) affixed, as Kadli ; name of a child, Kadlit- 
pinna, the father of Kadli ; the mother is called Kadli 
ngangki, or mother of Kadli, from ngangki, a female 
or woman. The names of the father and mother arc 
changed at the birth of every child in the same manner.. 
At Moorunde, and among many other tribes, I 
have not found any numerical names to be given 
at birth, the first name usually being that derived 
from some object in nature. This is occasionally 
changed after marriage and the birth of a child ; as 
among the Adelaide or northern natives, the father 
taking the name of the child with the affix of imbe 
or nimbe (implying father), as Kartul, a child’s name, 
Kartulnimbe the father of Kartul, Memparne, a 
child’s name, Memparnimbe the father of Memparne. 
This paidronymic is not, however, always adhered 
to in preference to the original name ; thus Mem- 
parnimbe is as often called by his former name of 
Tenberry as his paidronymic ; he is also called occa- 
sionally Worrammo, from his being left-handed. 
Neither have I found the name of the parent change 
at the birth of every child ; thus Memparnimbe has 
other children, younger than Memparne, as \7ar- 
rulan, Timarro, &c. yet he is never called War- 
rulanimbe, Timarronimbe, &c. The mother’s name, 
