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SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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showing a wider extension of the names which were first observed in one of the Kamilaroi tribes.
| Classes. | Sub-Classes. | |
| Kupathin | Balgoin | |
| Bunda | ||
| Tilbi | Parang | |
| Theirwain | ||
In Great Sandy Island there is the same system, and I obtained the following from a man who was Theirwein-wurumi.
| Classes. | Sub-Classes. | Totems. | |||
| Not known | Balgoin | Thulla | water snake | ||
| Kogea | carpet snake | ||||
| Murri | red kangaroo | ||||
| Moroin | emu | ||||
| Mebeit | turtle | ||||
| Worowe | iguana | ||||
| Bunda | Meri | black dingo | |||
| Murong | black duck | ||||
| Brongun | thunder | ||||
| Wotcha | yellow dingo | ||||
| Baring | Waga | fish-hawk | |||
| Huntcha | bream | ||||
| Therwain | Wurumi | fire | |||
| Gorgoi | opossum | ||||
In this tribe, and probably in all tribes between the Bunya-Bunya Mountains and Great Sandy Island, descent is in the male line. For instance my informant, Theirwein-wurumi, took his class and totem names from his father.
I am not able to define the northern limits of this class
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