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SOCIAL ORGANISATION
There is reason for thinking that the Karamundi nation also includes tribes on the courses of the Paroo and Warrego Rivers. I have enumerated these in the first part of this chapter, and I now give the class system obtaining on the Paroo.
| Classes. | Totems. | ||
| Bilyara | eagle-hawk | ||
| Thurlta | kangaroo | ||
| Mukwara | Burkannia | bandicoot | |
| Yeringi | opossum | ||
| Karni | lizard | ||
| Kulti | emu | ||
| Kilpara | Munji | bream | |
| Tharu | carpet-snake | ||
| Burna | iguana | ||
The name Barkinji includes a great number of tribes forming a nation, the approximate position of which I have already given. The following is taken from Mr. Cameron's notes:—
| Classes. | Totems. | ||
| Billiara | eagle-hawk | ||
| Turlta | kangaroo | ||
| Kurtae (Bilbae) | a rabbit-like burrowing animal | ||
| Mukwara | |||
| Tikara | turkey | ||
| Kultupa | whistling duck | ||
| Barkunia | bandicoot | ||
| Kulthi | emu | ||
| Turu | snake | ||
| Kilpara | Karni | lizard | |
| Murinya | wallaby | ||
| Buuna | iguana | ||
| Kuntata | native companion | ||
I have no information as to the tribes lower down the
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