[930] Among the Yuin, Ngarrigo and Wolgal (New South Wales).
[931] Among the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi (northern part of New South Wales); and more to the centre, in the same province, among the Wonghibon and the Wiradjuri.
[932] Among the Wiimbaio and the tribes on the lower Murray (Ridley, Kamilaroi, p. 137; Brough Smyth, I, pp. 423, n., 431).
[933] Among the tribes on the Herbert River (Howitt, Nat. Tr., p. 498).
[934] Among the Kurnai.
[935] Taplin, p. 55; Eylmann, p. 182.
[936] It is undoubtedly to this supreme Mura-mura that Gason makes allusion in the passage already cited (Curr, II, p. 55).
[937] Nat. Tr., p. 246.
[938] Between Baiame, Bunjil and Daramulun on the one hand, and Altjira on the other, there is the difference that the latter is completely foreign to all that concerns humanity; he did not make man and does not concern himself with what they do. The Arunta have neither love nor fear for him. But when this conception is carefully observed and analysed, it is hard to admit that it is primitive; for if the Altjira plays no rôle, explains nothing, serves for nothing, what made the Arunta imagine him? Perhaps it is necessary to consider him as a sort of Baiame who has lost his former prestige, as an ancient god whose memory is fading away. Perhaps, also, Strehlow has badly interpreted the testimony he has gathered. According to Eylmann, who, it is to be admitted, is neither a very competent nor a very sure observer, Altjira made men (op. cit., p. 134). Moreover, among the Loritja, the corresponding personage, Tukura, is believed to celebrate the initiation ceremonies himself.
[939] For Bunjil, see Brough Smyth, I, p. 417; for Baiame, see Ridley, Kamilaroi, p. 136; for Daramulun, see Howitt, Nat. Tr., p. 495.