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INDEX

After Death—Passage of spirit to Byamee's sky-camp, or to a place of pain, xxvi, 90.

Alcheringa—mythic age of primal evolution, xvii.

All Father belief, see titles Byamee and Religious ideas.

Amusements of blacks, 127-133.

Ancestral spirits, domination of, among northern tribes, xvii.

Art, patrons of—-legend of Goolahwilleel, 131, 132.

Arunta—

Children, production of—philosophy of reincarnation, xviii.

Evolution, theory of, xv, xvii.

Haunted sacred stones, xx, xxi, xxv.

Inheritance, right of, reckoned in male line except in regard to totems, xiv.

Irreligion—no trace of 'All Father' belief, xiv, xv, xvi, xxv.

Magic, xiv, xv.

Marriage rules, xiii, xxi.

Rites and ceremonies—more advanced than Euahlayi, prolonged rites, circumcision, etc., xiii. Totem, derivation from locality, xix-xxi.

Atnatu belief of the Kaitish, xvii, xviii.

Babies, see Children.

Baby betrothal, 55.

Bachelors' camp, 61.

Baggage, carrying of, while on the march, 59.

Bahloo—

Boy manufacture, assistance in, 61.

Eclipse, explanation of, 98.

Girl babies, manufacture of, 50.

Halo, 98.

Various customs to ensure favourable patronage of children, 52, 53.

Baiame, see Byamee.

Baillahburrah, 66.

Barley grass or Yarmmara, harvesting, 118.

Bathing, 125.

Beemunny, death of—description of funeral, etc, 83-89.

Bees in Paradise, 114.

Beewee totem (brown and ye11ow iguana), with list of multiplex totems, 16, 17.

Belah, forests of—haunted, 140.

Betrothals—baby betrothal, 55.

Birds—

Babies—protection against certain birds flying over camp, 53.

Killing and trapping, 105, 106, 109.

Men of the past, birds embodying spirits of, 140.

Birrahgnooloo, wife of Byamee, 7, 78, 102.

Patroness of water, 103.

Birrahmulgerhyerh, poison-stick distributing devils, 136.

Birth customs, 39, 40, 52.

Bogies of the bush, 135-139.

Bohrah (kangaroo) totem, 15, 82.

Boodther, meeting for receiving and giving presents, 81.

Boogahroo, lock of hair method of making a goowera effective, 32, 81.

Boogoodoogahdah, legend of a cannibal woman with hundreds of dogs, 101.

Boolees or whirlwinds, 83, 84, 138.

Boomerang, 123.

Boomerang-throwing, 127.

Boondoorr or dillee bag of a wirreenun—contents, 36, 37.

Boorah—manhood, initiation ceremonies—

Ceremonies of the Boorah meeting, etc., 70-78, 79-81.

Concealed from women, 59.

Curiosity prohibited—fate of two boys who looked up, 65, 71, 72, 73.