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NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA

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|+ | WONGHIBON CLASS SYSTEM^[1] | width=30% colspan=2 | Classes. || width=35% | Sub-Classes. || | Totems. |- | rowspan=3 | Ngielbumurra || rowspan=3 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ || | Ipai || | Mallee-hen |- | | || | Emu |- | | Kumbo || | Opossum |- | rowspan=3 | Mukumurra || rowspan=3 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ || | Murri || | Black duck |- | | || | Bandicoot |- | | Kubbi || | Red kangaroo |}

The marriages and descents are as follows, including the anomalous unions, which are marked *. The normal marriages are placed first.

Male		Marries			Children are
Ipai	mallee-hen		Kubbitha	black duck	The children are always of the moether's class and totem, and of the fellow sub-class to hers.
		*	Matha	kangaroo
		*	Matha	bandicoot
Ipai	emu		Kubbitha	black duck
			Kubbitha	bandicoot
		*	Matha	Kangaroo
Ipai	opposum		Kubbitha	kangaroo
		*	Matha	black duck
		*	Matha	bandicoot
Kumbo	mallee-hen		Matha	black duck
		*	Kubbitha	bandicoot
		*	Kubbitha	kangaroo
Kumbo	emu		Matha	black duck
			Matha	bandicoot
		*	Kubbitha	kangaroo
Kumbo	opossum		Matha	kangaroo
		*	Kubbitha	black duck
		*	Kubbitha	bandicoot
Murri	kangaroo		Butha	opossum
		*	Ipatha	mallee-hen
		*	Ipatha	emu

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