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LOCAL APPELLATIONS. 
“ These family names are perpetuated, and spread through the 
country, by the operation of two remarkable laws : — 
“ 1st. That children of either sex, always take the family 
name of their mother. 
“ 2nd.* That a man cannot marry a woman of his own family 
Hame.” 
From this it appears that the natives of that part 
of the country have in addition to their other ordi- 
nary names a family or surname, which is perpetuated 
through successive generations on the mother’s side. 
This is not the case as far as my observations and 
inquiries have enabled me to ascertain among the 
numerous tribes frequenting the Murray river, and 
Mr. Moorhouse assures me that he has been equally 
unable to detect any coincidence of the kind among 
the tribes frequenting the district of Adelaide. 
The division, numbers, and names of the various 
tribes are also subjects of difficulty and uncertainty. 
As far as my researches have yet extended upon 
this point, it appears to me, first, that groups of 
natives have a distinctive or a local appellation, 
derived from the particular place they belong to, as 
Barmerara maru, the natives frequenting the lake 
called Barmera : Moolyoolpero maru, the natives 
frequenting the lagoon called Moolyoolko, and so 
on. Secondly, a general or tribal name, as Narwij- 
jerook, a native of the tribe so called, which includes 
the natives of Barmera and various others in that 
neighbourhood. Karn-brickolenbola, a native of 
the tribe so called, and which includes various 
