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Princess Charlotte Bay district is to be met the curious example of identical animals being tabu to two of the exogamous divisions. The Kurkilla and the Kupuru with the result that the limit of food supply available is exactly balanced. Another trace of the probable origin of these exogamous divisions lies in the fact that in any camping place, all the members of the same division, (except of course those who are consanguineous) occupy the one area of the camp. The grouping of [??] the Tully River (scot 225) may also prove to be another remnant.
23. According to the particular exogamous division to which an individual belongs, so he bears relationship to other members of the remaining divisions. For, as already ex-plained 26 every male is primarily someone's brother, father, brother-in-law, or mother's brother, while every female (virgin or matron) is someone's sister, mother, sister-in-law, or father's sister. Three particular relationship names, which, for reasons given, I have called Hetero-nyms, vary in the different ethnographical districts.
In the Rockhampton district, they are:-
| Locality Tribe |
Rockhampton Tarumbal |
Torilla, Pine Mountain Ku-inmur-burra |
Gladstone Wakka |
Miriam Value Koreng-Koreng |
| Brother (Older) | má-tami | márang | Ká-ro | dadtha |
| Brother (Younger) | má-tami | wú-yiru | Ku-ni | dadtha |
| Sister (older) | ná-buru | ná-buru | yá-wunan | wá-dim |
| Sister (younger) | ná-buru | ná-buru | yí-lan | wá-dim |
| Mother's brother | nammo | nammo | bá-bi | mámma |
| Mother | nai-ya | nai-ya | nábba | ná-mi |
| Brother-in-law | nú-pa | nu-pa | Kínulam | mú-milam |
| Sister-in-law | gen | Kin-kil27 | ín-won | mú-milam |
| Father | bí-na | bí-na | pí-ya | bá-ba |
| Father's sister | bín-dir | bín-diru | bá-bo | yabbi |
27. Also means adult woman
26. Roth - Ethnol. Studies, etc. 1897 - sect. 60.