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FISON, Lorimer & A.W. Howitt
Kamilaroi and Kurnai. Group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement, drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines. Also the Kurnai Tribe - their customs in peace and war.
Aboriginal Studies Press Canberra 1991 375pp. Soft cover reprint. ISBN 085575222X ***A 'landmark in Australian anthropology' when it first appeared in 1880, this is the first major analysis of Aboriginal social structure, adopting a model today termed 'social Darwinist'. While this theory is now rejected, it exerted tremendous influence on European attitudes for decades.
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