feeding the sick, 767; distribution of food, 767-8
Child, treatment of, in Bunya-Bunya tribe, 747-8
Children, naming of, by Kurnai, 736-7; Yuin, Wiimbaio, Bigambul, 739; Turrbal, Maryborough tribes, 740; method of counting, 748
Christison, R., 64. 227, 304, 386, 474, 709, 747, 766, 768
Cicatrices, meaning of, 313; Kurnai, 743, 744; Dieri, Yerkla, 744; Yuin, While Cliffs tribe, Bundaberg, Moreton Bay tribes, Bunya-Bunya and Ipswich tribes, 746
Clairvoyance, belief in, before death, see Magic
Clan, definition of, 44
Class divisions, 88; legends as to, 89
Class names, equivalence of, 109, 137-42
Classificatory system, 156
Codrington, Rev. K. H., 25, 27
Collins, Col., 75, 83, 84, 268, 315, 382, 438, 442, 445, 461, 464, 509, 567
Combat, of women, 197; ordeal by, 333; expiatory, 334-48
Commune, Undivided, 142-4, 173-4
Council, tribal, Wiimbaio, 301; Kamilaroi, 302; Wiradjuri, 303; Dieri, 320-2; Turrbal, Maryborough tribes, 323; Kaiabara, Buntamurra, Wotjobaluk, Kulin, Narrang-ga, 324; Narrinyeri, Yuin, Geawe-gal, Gringai, Kurnai, 325; Chepara, 326
Crawfurd, John, 26
Crawley, E., on exogamy, 285 sq.
Crowthers, R. , 58, 108. 217, 384, 445, 467, 694, 769. 770
Curative practices, Kurnai, 379; Wurunjerri, 379, 387; Tongaranka, Wiimbaio, 380; Ngarigo, 381, 382; Yuin, Port Jackson trilxis, 382; Geawegal, Dungog, Port Stephens tribe, 383; Kamilaroi, Vualaroi and Bigambul, Turrbal, 384; Chepara, Kaiabara, Dalebura, 385; Jupagalk, 386; Wakelbura, 402; Kurnandaburi. Wilya, 411
Curr, E. M., 5, 53, 158, 296, 501, 503, 504, 754
Dalebura tribe, 64; remarriage of widow 227; tribal government, 304; Head-men, 304; rain-makers, 386; Bubiberi (medicine- men), 386; burial, 474 mutilations, 747; kindness to infirm, 766; division of food, 768; generous qualities. 768
Dance, Molongo, 330, 416
Darling River tribes, 49-51; punishment of offences, 194
David, T. W. E. , 17; see Etheridge, and Grimshaw
Davis, R. H., i
Dawson, James, 17, 69, 125, 150, 250, 251, 306, 336, 442, 444, 455, 456-8, 503, 615, 690, 765
Dawson, R. , 84, 268, 316, 398, 431, 496, 726, 747, 765
Dead, reluctance to speak of, 440-1, 469; burnt by Kulin, 443; by tribes of South-west Victoria, 444; treatment of, by Yerkla, 450
Descent, effect of male, 269; change from female to male, 283-4; maternal, in Salic Law, 286-94
Diagram I. Kamilaroi marriages and descents, 115
II. Kaiabara marriages and descents, 116
III. Dieri marriages and descents, 163
IV. Kurnai marriages and descents, 171
V. Dieri classes and totems, 175
VI. Dieri marriages and descents, 176
VII. Dieri class and totem relationships, 179
VIII. Urabunna marriages and descents, 189
IX. Dieri marriages and descents, 189
X. Four sub-class system of Kamilaroi, 200
XI. Kamilaroi marriages and descents, 201
XII. Kamilaroi and Dieri compared, 201
XIII. Wiradjuri marriages and descents, 209
XIV. Lachlan River tribe marriages and descents, 213
XV. Buntamurra sub-class and totemic marriages, 227
XVI. Kamilaroi and Kaialxira compared, 229
XVII. Muruburra marriage law, 230
XVIII. Arunta class system, 238
XIX. Arunta marriages and descents, 239
XX. Waramunga marriages and descents, 239
XXI. Waramunga marriage rule, 240
XXII. Wotjobaluk marriages and descents, 242
XXIII. Wurunjerri marriages and descents, 253
XXIV. Kurnai marriagesand descents, 270
XXV. Exogamous sections of community, 285
