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NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA

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WONGHIBON CLASS SYSTEM^[1]
Classes.		Sub-Classes.	Totems.
Ngielbumurra	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ipai	Mallee-hen
			Emu
		Kumbo	Opossum
Mukumurra	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	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