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NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA
| Classes. | Totems. | ||
| Bra-ar-gar | a small hawk | ||
| Tchuteba | rabbit-rat | ||
| Baua | flying-squirrel next in size to bulemba | ||
| Yukembruk Crow | Burru | Kangaroo | |
| Berribong | emu | ||
| Budalak | lace-lizard | ||
| Kuriur | native companion | ||
| Kauar | spiny ant-eater | ||
| Ulunbau | sleeping lizard | ||
To the north of the Ngarigo were the Wolgal, who extended over the great alpine ranges in which the Murray and the Murrumbidgee rise. This tribe like that at Omeo had in 1870 become almost extinct, there being only a few individuals left, one of whom had been the bard or singer of his people and had, when I knew him, attached himself to the Ngarigo. The Wolgal class system is as follows:[1]
| Classes. | Totems. | ||
| Banda | kangaroo | ||
| Nuron | emu | ||
| Ebai | hawk | ||
| Malian Eagle-hawk | Mari | dingo | |
| Wutherin | flying-squirrel | ||
| Bellit-bellit | lyre-bird | ||
| Natjanajan | bat | ||
| Megindang | wombat | ||
| Maralang | brown snake | ||
| Umbe Crow | Biringal | a star (? Venus) | |
| Maniyuk | bandicoot | ||
| Wandeli | spiney ant-eater | ||
| Tchuteba | rabbit-rat | ||
I have said in the last chapter that the Biduelli, a small tribe which lived in the dense forest country between the coast range, the Lower Snowy River and the sea,
- ↑ Rev. J. Bulmer, verified by me.
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