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SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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WONKAMALA MURDUS
Kararu. Matteri.
 1. Kuraura rain Padi a caterpillar
 2. Chirka carpet-snake Tantani cormorant
 3. Kaualka crow Pulkara emu
 5. Harkaba red ochre
10. Kokula a pouched mouse
12. Pitcheri Duboisia Hopwoodii
14. Wolkutyi


YAURORKA KAMIRI
Kararu. Matteri.
 1. Ngantyara rain Muluru a caterpillar
 2. Woma carpet-snake Malura cormorant
 3. Kewora emu
 4. Puralko native companion Kariwora eagle-hawk
 5. Kambara red ochre Ngamjiuru a fish
 7. Mapara seed of Claytonia sp. Pandi dingo
 8. Yikaura native cat
 9. Widla
11. Dokubirabira pan-beetle Kanunga kangaroo-rat
12. Pitcheri Duboisia Hopwoodii
13. Kuyarku a frog
14. Naramoku the rabbit-bandicoot Karingara
15. Mithindi slow-worm Kani iguana-lizard
16. Baliyara a small pouched mouse Wilangu curlew
17. Tillngaru
18. Malparu a crane, black with white on wing
19. Ngarumba Box eucalyptus
20. Tundubulyeru water-rat
21. Punta shrew-mouse
22. Miltyipalu a large grey hawk
23. Yudlanti mesembrianthemum

The Perigundi legend explains the origin of the Murdus and finally relates how, having become human, they dispersed