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showing a wider extension of the names which were first observed in one of the Kamilaroi tribes.

TRIBES ABOUT MARYBOROUGH

Classes.		Sub-Classes.
Kupathin	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Balgoin
		Bunda
Tilbi	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Parang
		Theirwain

In Great Sandy Island there is the same system, and I obtained the following from a man who was Theirwein-wurumi.

MURUBURRA TRIBE, WHITE CLIFFS

Classes.		Sub-Classes.		Totems.
Not known	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Balgoin	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Thulla	water snake
				Kogea	carpet snake
				Murri	red kangaroo
				Moroin	emu
				Mebeit	turtle
				Worowe	iguana
		Bunda	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Meri	black dingo
				Murong	black duck
				Brongun	thunder
				Wotcha	yellow dingo
	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Baring	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Waga	fish-hawk
				Huntcha	bream
		Therwain	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	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