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The totems were called Baikain, and were transmitted from mother to child. They were usually animals, but also trees. The totem names appear to have been grouped under other names, such as Mirunjul, the effect of which has not been explained, but possibly they may resemble the arrangement of the Wotjobaluk totems. The following list gives the totems and collective names so far as they have been recorded:—

UNGORRI TRIBE^[1]

Classes.	Sub-Classes.		Totems.
	Mirunjul	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Mulloaru	black or brush wallaby
			Mahnul	black iguana
			Kurithulla	eagle-hawk
			Buljir	sandal-wood
	Jiimi	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Chewar	great owl
			Walukumbi	frilled iguana
			Kapulla	brigalow
	Kulpuwurra	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Wataern	crow
			Waiya	Scrub wallaby

Westward of the tribes of which the Kuinmurbura is the example, and on the waters falling into the Burdekin River, there is the class system of which the Ungorri is one of the most southern extensions, and which has apparently the widest range of the four sub-class systems of Queensland. As a typical example of this form of social organisation I take the Wakelbura tribe of the Belyando River.

WAKELBURA TRIBE^[2]

Classes.		Sub-Classes.	Totems.
Malera	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Kurgila	Opossum, spiney ant-eater, eagle-hawk, turkey, iguana, black bee, kangaroo
		Banbe	Forest kangaroo, ringtail opossum, iguana
Wuthera	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Wungo	Emu, carpet snake, gidya tree, wallaby
		Obu	Black duck, carpet snake, large bee, emu, walleroo, gidya tree, wallaby

1. J. Lalor.
2. J. C. Muirhead.