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RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS
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| Gooboothoo | doves |
| Goolayyalilee | pelican |
| Oonaywah | black diver |
| Gunundar | while diver |
| Birriebungar | small diver |
| Mounin | mosquito |
| Mouninguggahgui | mosquito bird |
| Bullah Bullah | butterflies |
| Tucki | a kind of bream |
| Beewerh | bony bream |
| Gulbarlee | shingleback lizard |
| Budtha | rosewood |
| Goodoogah | yalli |
| Wayarah | wild grapes |
| Garwah | rivers |
| Gooroongoodilbaydilbay | south wind. |
It is said a Maira will never be drowned, for the rivers are a sub-totem of theirs; but I notice they nevertheless learn to swim.
Yubbah, carpet snake, as a kin has almost disappeared, only a few members remaining to claim
| Mungahran | hawk. |
Burrahwahn, a big sandhill rat, now extinct here, claims—
| Mien | dingo |
| Dalleerin | a lizard |
| Gaengaen | wild lime |
| Willerhderh, or Douran Douran | north wind |
| Bralgah | native companion. |
Buckandee, native cat kin, claim—
| Buggila | leopard wood |
| Bean | myall |
| Bunbundoolooey | a little brown bird |
| Dunnee Bunbun | a very large green parrot |
| Dooroongul | hairy caterpillar. |
Amongst other totems were once the Bralgah, Native Companion, and Dibbee, a sort of sandpiper, but their kins are quite extinct as far as our blacks are concerned; the birds themselves are still plentiful. The Bralgah birds
