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beyond these names the same system extends with
different names. As Moreton Bay, Wide Bay
and Canning Downs the following names are used:-
| Men | Women |
| Barang | Barangun |
| Bundas |
Bundarun |
| Bandur | Bandurun |
|
Derwun or Derwain |
Derwungun |
And the Kogai Blacks, to the westward of the Balun
use these names;-
| for ippai and ippata | urgilla urgillagun |
| for Kubbi and Kapola | obur oburugun |
| for Kumbo and Bula | unburri unburrigun |
| for Murri and Mata | wungo wungogun |
Besides these family names they have also
distinctive names, usually taken from some
Animal or plant. For instance a blackfellow
at Goonal called Jacky by the white people is
Kubbi [?mute] (opossum) His father was
Kumbo dissown (emu). It is singular that
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