[203] Comp. Steinmetz’s treatment of the problem of Australian chieftainship, Strafe, II pp. 20–42. See also Spencer and Gillen’s statement that “whilst undoubtedly there is a certain amount in common as regards social organisation and customs amongst the Australian tribes, yet, on the other hand, there is great diversity” (Native tribes, p. 34). [↑]
[204] Curr; Brough Smyth; Gerland. [↑]
[205] Brough Smyth, I p. 127. [↑]
[206] Waitz-Gerland, VI p. 764. [↑]
[207] Letourneau (pp. 26, 35) arrives at the same conclusion. [↑]
[209] Lambert, pp. 79, 177. [↑]