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THE EUAHLAYI TRIBE
Douyou, black snake, totem claims—
Noongah | kurrajong—sterculia |
Carbeen | an eucalyptus |
Booroorerh | bulrushes |
Gargooloo | yams |
Yhi | the sun (feminine) |
Gunyahmoo | the east wind |
Kurreah | crocodile |
Wa-ah | shells |
Douyougurrah | earth-worms |
Deereeree | willy wagtail |
Burrengeen | jeewee |
Bouyoudoorunnillee | grey cranes |
Ouyan | curlew |
Bouyougah | centipedes |
Bubburr | big snake |
Woggoon | scrub turkey |
Beeargah | crane |
Waggestmul | kind of rat |
Wi | small fish |
Millan | small water-yam—sourtop |
Moodai, or opossum, another totem, claims—
Bibbil | popular-leaved gum |
Bumble | Capparis Mitchellianni |
Birah | whitewood |
Beebuyer | yellow flowering broom |
Illay | hop bus |
Mirrie | wild currant bush |
Mooregoo | swamp oak—belah |
Mungoongarlee | largest iguana |
Mouyi | white cockatoo |
Beeleer | black cockatoo |
Wungghee | white night owl |
Mooregoo | mopoke |
Narahdarn | bat |
Bahloo | moon |
Euloowirrie | rainbow |
Bibbee | woodpecker |
Billai | crimson wing parrot |
Durrahgeegin | green frog. |
Maira, a paddy melon, claims as multiplex totems—
Wahn | the crow |
Mullyan | the eagle-hawk |