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RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS
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Another list of names used ordinarily is—
| Boothan | last possible child of a woman |
| Mahmee | old woman |
| Beewun | motherless girl |
| Gowun | fatherless girl |
| Yumbui | fatherless boy |
| Moogul | only child. |
Those of the same totem are reckoned as brothers and sisters, so cannot intermarry. 'Boyjerh' relations, as those on the father's side are called, are not so important as on the mother's side, but are still recognised.
Now for the great Dhé or totem system, by some called Mah, but Dhé is the more correct.
Dinewan, or emu, is a totem, and has amongst its 'multiplex totems' or 'sub-totems'—
| Goodoo or | codfish |
| Gumbarl | silver bream |
| Inga | crayfish |
| Boomool | shrimps |
| Gowargay | water emu spirit |
| Moograbah | big black-and-white magpie |
| Booloorl | little night owl |
| Byahmul | black swan |
| Eerin | a little night owl |
| Beerwon | a bird like a swallow |
| Dulloorah | the manna-bringing birds |
| Bunnyal | flies |
| Dheal | sacred fire |
| Gidya | an acacia |
| Yaraan | an eucalyptus |
| Deenyi | ironbark |
| Guatha | quandong |
| Goodooroo | river box |
| Mirieh | poligonum |
| Yarragerh | the north-east wind |
| Guie | tree—Owenia acidula |
| Niune | wild melon |
| Binnamayah | big saltbush. |
Bohrah, the kangaroo, is another totem, and is considered somewhat akin to Dinewan. For example, in a quarrel between, say, the Bohrah totem and the Beewee, the
