The Fabulous 1950`s

Fox (2001 , 114 . The patrilineal tribes of Arnhem Land Australia for instance refer to sisters as , rubbish ' as they cannot reproduce from the group (Fox , 2001 , 114

Repayment on receiving a wife in marriage was common . This could be done during marriage or at a convenient time later . This reciprocity could take different forms such as exchange of sisters (Australian Aborigine 2 , 2007 . Infant betrothal was not uncommon but had to be ratified later by providing a continuous stream of gifts to parents of girls . A couple had to live publicly for

a marriage to be recognized and became binding once a child was born (Australian Aborigine 2 , 2007 Polygamy was quite common and accepted amongst the community and was sustained by economic reasons as it increased working hands in the house as well . In Tiwi community for instance women are even betrothed before birth (Robinson , 1997 . Over the years however they have become monogamous . Termination of marriage was through divorce through a symbolic gesture or transferring ones wife to another suitably inclined person (Australian Aborigine 2 , 2007

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MacKnight , David (2004 . Going The Whiteman 's Way : Kinship and Marriage Among Australian Aborigines . Aldershot : Ashgate , 2004

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