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NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA
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Tribes with Four Sub-Classes and Male Descent
Tribes organised in this manner are found in southern Queensland, extending westward from the coast, between Brisbane and Port Curtis, as far at least as the Bunya-bunya Mountains.
Fortunately the class names have been preserved in some 
FIG. 9.—A WOMAN OF THE DALEBURA TRIBE. of these tribes; for instance, in the Kaiabara, who lived in the Widji-widji or Bunya Mountain district. The two class names were practically those of the Kamilaroi, namely, Kubatine and Dilebi, and by them it is possible to make a direct comparison of the rule of marriage and descent in the classes and totems of these tribes. The sub-class marriages are as follows:[1]—
- ↑ Jocelyn Brooke.
