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SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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Dieri, Tirari, Wonkanguru,[1] Ngameni, Wonkamala, and Yaurorka call the class and totem Murdu; but with the Yantruwunta it is Kamiri both for class and totem, and the class names Tiniwa and Kulpuru answer to Matteri and Kararu.
As my inquiries were carried on in the Dieri country mainly by Mr. Siebert, the list of the Dieri murdus is the most complete, but even with the Dieri the totems are more numerous than those recorded, and the same remark applies to many if not all of the lists of totems given in this chapter. The lists are drawn up in the same numerical order, showing the occurrence or absence of any particular totem in the tribes.
| Kararu. | Matteri. | |||
| 1. | Talara | rain | Muluru[2] | a caterpillar |
| 2. | Woma | carpet-snake | Malura | cormorant |
| 3. | Kaualka | crow | Warogati | emu |
| 4. | Puralko | native companion | Karawora | eagle-hawk |
| 5. | Karku | red ochre | Markara | a fish |
| 6. | Tidnama | a small frog | Kuntyiri | Acacia sp. |
| 7. | Kananguru | seed of Claytonia sp. | Kintala | dingo |
| 8. | Maiaru | a rat | Yikaura | native cat |
| 9. | Kirhapara | |||
| 10. | Tapaiuru | a bat | Kokula | small marsupial |
| 11. | Dokubirabira | the pan-beetle[3] | Kanunga | kangaroo-rat |
| 12. | Milketyelparu | |||
| 13. | Kaladiri | a frog | ||
| 14. | Piramoku (Kapita) | the rabbit-bandicoot | ||
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| 21. | Punta | shrew-mouse | ||
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| 26. | Karabana | a small mouse | ||
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