![]() ![]() I have also been in contact with the Gwydir Family Historical Society and had a reply saying they couldn't help but will pass on my email to someone who might be able too.If I hear anything I will let you know.I would really like to know if she was a if she was in the "KAMILAROI TRIBE". I have emailed the government asking for their assistance but I haven't heard anything as yet.I am also in contact with various people hoping they will contact me with something. ![]() I have been looking everywhere for information, high and low and keep hitting a brick wall. Gilly I have just read your article and I am totally surprised to see that you are related to Rachel, whom I am also related. Individuals also had the aid of a spirit helper. One's shadow spirit were molested or captured by a shaman. Sickness or death was believed to result if Each individual was believed to have a soul, a dream spirit,Īnd a shadow spirit. Kindly deity in the sky who received the souls of good Aborigines upon The Kamilaroi believed in an "All Father," the moral and ) concerned themselves with curing illness and communicating with theirĭream spirits, who were often sent out on information-gathering missions. Initiation ceremonies for both sexes, with circumcision for boys. Rites were held to encourage the propagation of totems. Were the four marriage classes, all of which were common to both ![]() Intersecting with these groups based on kinship and descent The sibs were members of one or the other Matrilineages were represented by subtotems and organized into a matrisib, The primaryĮconomic units were the bands, which were composed of several households. Marriage was reportedly the preferred form among the Euahlayi. Kin group, from the lineage through the moiety. Kamilaroi had a four-class marriage system. Represented by several totems and subtotems. Present within the moities were various sibs and lineages, each Both moities were divided into four marriage classes. Social organization, the Kamilaroi were organized into exogamous Of considerable anthropological interest. Their complex kinship and marriage system has made the Kamilaroi a group Not eat animals that were their totems, although the Euahlayi, a related Women did the actualĬooking, in addition to fishing and gathering. Hunted, cleaned, and prepared the game for cooking. Were also consumed, as were crayfish, mussels, and shrimp. Kangaroos, emus, iguanas, opossums, echidnas, and bandicoots were among Insect larvae, frogs,Īnd eggs of several different animals were also gathered. Important vegetable foods were yams and other roots, as wellĪs a sterculia grain, which was made into a bread. The Kamilaroi were nomadic hunters and gatherers with a band-level social The Kamilaroi language, which is no longer spoken, isĬlassified in the Pama-Nyungan Family of Australian languages. They are now nearly extinct and only a small The Kamilaroi were an Aboriginal group located in New South Wales,Īustralia, along the Barwon, Bundarra, Balonne, and upper Hunter riversĪnd in the Liverpool plains. ![]()
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