Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 199 pages of information about Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia.

Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 199 pages of information about Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia.

For the Kalkadoon, Roth (ib.) gives: 

      Kunggilungo
      Patingo
      Toonbeungo
      Marinungo[53]

With these are associated the phratries: 

(a) Kalkadoon                 Ootaroo            Mullara
(b) Miappe                    Woodaroo           Pakutta

     Class names
   X. Murungun
      Mumbali
      Purdal
      Kuial

Tribe:  Mara (Northern Tribes, 119).

With these the phratry names: 

(a) Urku Ua

In this tribe is male descent, and, as in the S. Arunta, the classes are themselves divided; for equivalence the numbers of the eight-class system are arranged (Nor.  Tr. 123), 1, 4; 3, 2; 5, 7; 6, 8.

Leichardt (Journal, 447) reports from the Roper R., Gnangball, Odall, Nurumball, which from their form seem to be class names and identifiable with some of the Mara names.

     Class names
  XI.  Awukaria
      Roumburia
      Urtalia
      Wialia

Tribe:  Anula (Nor.  Tr. 119).

XII.  For the eight-class system see Table I a; in which it is assumed that patrilineal descent prevails in all the tribes.

With these are associated the following phratries: 

(a) Umbaia, Gnanji Illitchi Liaritchi (b) Warramunga, Walpari, Uluuru Kingilli
        Wulmala
(c) Worgaia " Bimgaru (d) Bingongina Wiliuku Liaraku

Spencer and Gillen, Nor.  Tr. pp. 100-102, 119.  On p. 102 is a statement about the Bingongina inconsistent with that on the following page; according to the former the phratry names are Illitchi, Liaritchi, as among the Umbaia.

Class names
XIII.  Panunga
Bulthara
Purula
Kumara

Tribe:  S. Arunta (Nat.  Tr. 90).

XIII_a_.  Deringara
         Gubilla
         Koomara
         Belthara

Tribe:  Yoolanlanya etc. (R.G.S.  Qu. XVI, 75).

The arrangement suggests that matrilineal descent prevails, but there is probably some error.

Class names
XIII_b_.  Burong (Parungo)
Ballieri (Parajerri; Butcharrie)
Banaka (Boogarloo)
Kymerra (Kaiamba)

Tribes:  Gnamo, Gnalluma (Int.  Arch. XVI, 12); Nickol Bay and Kimberley have the alternative forms of 1, 2, and 4 (Curr, I, 296; Kamilaroi, 36, Mathews in J.R.S.N.S.W. XXXV, 220), Weedokarry (id. in Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc. XXXIX, 89) have third form of 2; at Murchison R. Boorgarloo comes into use (West Australian, Ap. 7, 1906).

Class names             Meaning
XIV.  Tondarup (Namyungo)       Fish hawk
Didaruk                   Sea
Ballaruk (Yangor)         (Opossum)
Naganok                   (Fish)

Tribes:  S.W.  Australia, Tarderick etc. (West.  Aust., loc. cit.; Moore, Desc.  Voc., Col.  Mag. V, 422.

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