The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study - Bronislaw Malinowski

MacLennan, J. F., on kinship, [200-201]
Magic:
Mode of obtaining wives, [14], [41], [55], [58], [62], [97]
Punishment by means of, [10], [13]
Sexual intercourse influenced by belief in, [129-130]
Mara tribe:
Marriage customs, [42], [43], [51]
Reincarnation and kinship ideas, [220]
Marriage:
Affection in, [82-84]
Age of girls, [257-259]
Breaking the taboo necessary, [305]
Contradictions of authorities, [2-3], [3-5]
Definition, [34-35]
Defloration ceremony, [42-43], [98], [104], [105-106], [129]
Disparity of age, [259-262]
Duration, length of, [64-66]
Ideas embodied in ceremonies, [61-62], [307]
Individual appropriation proved by evidence, [59], [295-298]
Legal aspect, [8], [35], [56-66], [307]
Modes of obtaining wives, [35-66]
Mourning rites of widows, [84-88]
Pirrauru relation distinguished from, [109-123]
Prevalence of ceremonies, statements, [52-53], [61-62], [306-307]
Sexual aspect, [89-131]
See also [Husband and wife], [Parent and child], [Purchase marriages]
Maternity:
Definition of individual motherhood, [173]
Relative unimportance of physiological motherhood, [230-232]
See also [Parent and Child]
Mathew, Rev. J., on—marriage, [4];
mode of living, [163];
sexual division of labour, [278-279]
Mathews, R. H., on—Communism in food, [285];
hereditary offices, [225];
reincarnation beliefs, [212];
tribal divisions, [144]
Meyer, H. E. A., on sexual division of labour, [277]
Mitchell, Major T. L., on—relations between husband and wife, [70];
treatment of children, [240];
women's work, [276-277]
Moore, G. F., on—marriage customs, [46];
on sexual division of labour, [280]
Moore-Davies, J., on mode of living, [161];
on sexual licence, [94]
Morgan, John, on—kinship, [200];
use of terms kinship and consanguinity, [171]
Mourning ceremonies:
Description of, and deductions from, [84-88], [308]
Duties of relatives, [271-272]
Proof of strength of marriage ties, [296]
Scars self-inflicted by women, [72]
Mukjarawaint tribe:
Authority of grandparents, [254-255], [270]
Communism in food, [284]
Murring tribe:
Communism in food, [284]
Mode of living, [136], [154], [159], [162]
Sexual life, [92]
Treatment of children, [241]
Murrumbidgee tribes, treatment of children, [241]

Nanarree, form of betrothal, [40]
Narran-ga tribe, communism in food, [284]
Narrinyeri tribe:
Communism in food, [285]
Marriage customs, [38], [52]
Mode of living, [139-140], [155]
Relation between husband and wife, [70-71]
Sexual aspect of marriage, [94], [105]
Naudowessies, ideas on procreation, [180]
Ngarigo tribe, camping rules, [263]
Ngura-mundu custom, [96]
Nieboer, H. J., on relation between husband and wife, [75-76]
[Nind], Scott, on sexual aspect of marriage, [100];
on tribal divisions, [148-149]

Oldfield, A., on—relation between brother and sister, [272-273];
sexual aspect of marriage, [99];
treatment of children, [246]
Orphans, adoption of, [242]

Palmer, E., on—relation of husband and wife, [73];
treatment of children, [245-246];
tribal boundaries, [145]
[Parent and child]:
Aboriginal ideas of procreation and their influence, [128-129], [176-183], [206], [208-233]
Affection and its effect on their relations, [191-197], [269-272], [299]
Authority of father, [254-256]
Characteristic features of relationship, [299]
Early separation from parental control, [257-269], [299]
Jealousy on question of paternity discussed, [127-129]
Kinship, discussion, [171-233]
Mode of living impresses relation to actual parent, [167]
Pirrauru relationship, [117-118]
Suckling and rearing children, bond created by, [234-237]
Treatment of children, [238-257]
Parkengee tribe, marriage customs, [38]
Parker, Mrs., on—marriage customs, [261];
procreation beliefs, [227]
[Paternity]:
Aboriginal ideas on procreation and kinship discussed, [128], [179-183], [208-233]
Bond established by rearing of children, [237]
Definition of term, [173]
See also [Parent and Child]
[Patria potestas]:
Definition, [254]
Not applicable to conditions of Australian aborigines, 1[86],[187-191]
Pinnaru, Council of, [13]
Pinya party, [13]
Piraungaru custom, [96], [115]
Pirrauru custom:
Account of, and its relation to individual marriage, [96], [108-123], [298]
Not a group marriage, [108-123], [308]
Pointing the bone, form of punishment, [10]
Polygyny, prevalence of, [63], [307]
Post, A. H., on primitive law, [10]
Potestas. See [Patria potestas]
[Procreation], aboriginal ideas discussed, [175], [176-183], [206], [208-233]
Property in land. See [Land ownership]
Puberty:
Boys' initiation at. See [Initiation Ceremonies]
Marriage of girls at, [257-259]
Rites undergone by girls at, [105-106]
Punishment:
Abduction, [38], [39], [41], [55]
Adultery, [92-97], [99], [103], [124]
Elopement, [36], [38], [39], [41-46], [55-58], [66], [92], [103], [295]
Magic as a means of, [10], [13]
Marriage of men under thirty, [259], [262]
Various modes of punishment, [14-15]
[Purchase marriages]:
Marriage by exchange, a form of, [50-52]
Proof of individual marriage, [59]

Reincarnation of ancestors, aboriginal ideas and beliefs discussed, [212-233]
Relationship. See [Kinship]
Repudiation of wives. See [Divorce]
Rivers, W. H. R., on kinship, [6-7], [202-203]
Roth, W. E., on—camping rules, [266];
folk-lore, [227];
food taboos, [279];
kinship, [225];
marriage customs, [306-309];
mode of living, [163];
mourning ceremonies, [88];
origin of class taboo, [288-289];
relation between husband and wife, [73-74];
tribal divisions, [145]
Rusden, G. W., on relations between husband and wife, [72]

Salvado, R., on—affection for parents, [271];
camping rules, [266];
marriage customs, [45], [64], [65], [259];
mode of living, [164];
relation between husband and wife, [74];
sexual aspect of marriage, [99-100];
treatment of children, [246-247];
tribal divisions and ownership of land, [147]
Schultze, L., on marriage customs, [41]
Schürmann, C. W., on—mode of living, [162];
sexual aspect of marriage, [94]
Scott Nind. See [Nind]
Separation of husband and wife, [69].
See also [Divorce]
[Sexual life:]
Aboriginal ideas on procreation discussed, [175], [176-183], [206], [208-233]
Ceremonial licence, [105-107], [123]
Chastity, how regarded, [104-105], [125], [178]
Elopement a proof of sexual love, [83-84]
Jealousy, existence discussed, [124-131]
Pirrauru custom, [108-123]
Relative unimportance for unity of family, [299-300]
Rights and restrictions of the husband, [101-103], [112], [126-127], [297-298], [300]
Statements of authorities, [89-101]
Subject to rules, [123], [305]
Young females monopolized by old men, [260-262], [309]
Sister and brother. See [Brother and Sister]
Smyth, R. Brough, on mode of living, [161];
on treatment of children, [239-240]
Society, primitive:
Collective mind, explanation of term, [175], [308-309]
Early modes of thought the only manner of explanation, [168-169], [308]
Kinship as affected by social conditions, [175-207]
Manner of influencing an institution, [300-301]
Unit of aboriginal society, problem discussed, [1-17]
[Spencer, Baldwin, and Gillen], F., on—folk-lore, [208], [211], [212], [216], [220], [225], [226];
food customs, [285];
kinship, [2], [3], [5];
marriage customs, [41-43];
mode of living, [163];
mourning ceremonies, [85-88], [272];
Pirrauru custom, [108], [115], [117], [120];
relation between brother and sister, [273];
treatment of children, [243-244];
tribal divisions, [143]
Stanbridge, W. E., on marriage customs, [38]
Strehlow, Herr C., on folk-lore, [208], [210-215]
Suckling of children, bond established by, [234-237]

Taboo:
Breaking of, necessary for marriage, [305]
Class, theory of origin, [288-289]
Food, [15], [279]
Paternal, during pregnancy of wife, [225]
Taplin, G., on relation between husband and wife, [70]
Tench, W., on—marriage customs, [40];
relation between husband and wife, [71];
sexual division of labour, [277];
sexual licence, [95]
Theddora tribe, chiefs, [12]
Thomas, N. W., on—kinship, [7], [187];
marriage, [91];
Pirrauru custom, [119]
Tippa Malku marriage, [41], [96], [110]
Tjinjilli tribe, marriage customs, [43]
Todas, determination of paternity, [180]
Tongaranka tribe:
Chief, [12]
Mourning customs, [271]
Torres Straits Islanders, kinship of, [203]
Totems:
Ideas on conception and birth connected with, [208-233]
Totemic centres, statements on, [146], [153]
Tribal government. See [Government, Tribal]
Tribe:
Local group as subdivision of. See [Local Group]
Social divisions of, [136-157], [298]
Use of term defined, [134]
Tualcha Mura marriage custom, [41], [42], [50], [261]
Turnbull, John, on—marriage customs, [39];
mode of living, [141];
relation between husband and wife, [71];
sexual aspect of marriage, [95];
treatment of children, [242]
Turra tribe:
Marriage customs, [264]
Mode of living, [162]
Sexual aspect of marriage, [94], [101], [103], [105]
Turrubul tribe, customs, [285-286]

Umbaia tribe, reincarnation beliefs, [218-219]
Unmatjera tribe:
Mourning ceremonies, [86]
Reincarnation belief, [216]
Urabunna tribe:
Ignorance of physiological fatherhood, [128]
Pirrauru custom, [108], [115], [118]
Reincarnation belief, [212], [216]
Sexual aspect of marriage, [96]
Treatment of children, [243-244]

Wakelbura tribe, marriage customs, [44], [56]
Wakka tribe:
Infanticide and motive for, [236]
Marriage customs, [262]
Relations between husband and wife, [73]
Sexual aspect of marriage, [98]
Treatment of children, [245]
Tribal divisions and mode of living, [144], [154], [155], [163]
Warramunga tribe:
Ceremonial licence, [106-107]
Marriage customs, [42], [43]
Mourning ceremonies, [85], [86]
Reincarnation belief, [212], [217]
Watchandee tribe:
Communism in food, [286]
Marriage customs, [45]
Westermarck, Prof. E. A., on—chastity among uncivilized people, [178];
kinship, [205];
marriage, [3-4], [34-35];
sexual jealousy, [125];
study of family life, [134]
Wheeler, G. C., on sociology of aborigines, [133]
White men, believed to be ghosts of relatives, [222-224]
Wife. See [Wives], below
Wiimbaio tribe:
Chiefs, [12]
Mourning customs, [271]
Wilhelmi, C., on sexual aspect of marriage, [94]
Wilkes, Charles, on sexual aspect of marriage, [95]
Willshire, W. H., on sexual aspect of marriage, [97]
Wiradjuri tribe:
Chiefs, [12]
Communism in food, [284]
Marriage customs, [41]
Procreation ideas, [230]
Women's work, [277]
Withnell, J. G., on tribal divisions, [146]
[Wives]:
Economic functions, [67]
Exchange of, statements, [92-95], [98], [101], [102-103]
Modes of obtaining, [35-66], [295]
Obligations of the husbands, [62-65]
See also [Husband and Wife] and [Women]
Woeworung tribe, marriage customs, [37], [52]
Wogait tribe, procreation ideas, [230]
Wolgal tribe:
Camping rules, [263]
Communism in food, [284]
Marriage customs, [261]
Procreation ideas, [231]
[Women]:
Condition of drudgery and servitude, [274-290]
Licence among the unmarried, [266-267]
Scars self-inflicted at mourning ceremonies, [72], [86]
See also [Husband and Wife] and [Wives]
Wotjobaluk tribe:
Communism in food, [284]
Marriage customs, [37-38], [50]
Sexual aspect of marriage, [93], [101], [103], [105]
Wurrunjeri tribe:
Communism in food, [284]
Mode of living, [137], [159]
Wuurn, term explained, [160]
Wyatt, W., on treatment of children, [241]

Yantruwunta tribe, Pirrauru custom, [108]
Yerkla-Mining tribe:
Communism in food, [285]
Sexual aspect of marriage, [94-95], [102]
Yuin tribe:
Chiefs, [12]
Marriage customs, [36], [50], [52], [56]
Procreation ideas, [231]