Kamilaroi and Kurnai. Group-Marriage and Relationship and Marriage by Elopement.

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Drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines. Also The Kurnai Tribe; Their Customs in Peace and War. ... Melbourne: George Robertson 1880. Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. (viii 372pp.). With fold. lithographed map. Top edges uncut. Scarce. 1st ed. Fine crisp copy. NOTE: A pioneering work in Australian ethnology which according to Baldwin Spencer laid the foundation of the scientific study of Australian aborigines by its detailed account of tribal organisation.