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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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