Memorandum A Howitt

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Memorandum A
on a list (furnished by A.W.Howitt Esq. of Bairnsdale
Gipps Land) of terms of Kinship between a family of
four brothers & one sister, together with their respective
desendants. Tribe, the Brabrolong , Gipps Land.

[diagram]
Diagram of descent
Man
Wife

1.Son 2.Son 3.Son 4.Son 5.Daughter
12. Wife 11. Wife 8. Wife

6. Daughter 9. Son 13. Son 21.Son
7. Husband 10. Wife 14. Wife

17 Daughter . 18 Son . 19 Daughter 20 Son. 15 Son 16 Son

[table]
Native Term given by Degree of Kinship according to sex of
Mr. Howitt the diagram speaker

α 18 calls 2 Waintwin [mettel-crossed out] My father's father M
β " 11 Nallung " " father's wife M
γ " 1, 3, 4 Waintwin waintwin or Brebba " " " brother "
δ " 5 Waintjin [down - crossed out] " " " sister "
ε " 6 Mummung " fathers fathers brothers daughter " " [sister - crossed out] "
ζ " 7 Barbuck " fathers fathers brothers daughters husband " " sister's husband "
η " 8 Brebba nallung [mettel- crossed out] " " father's bro's wife "
θ " 14 Brebba yuckun [down- crossed out] father's father's bros. son's wife " : bro's wife "
κ " 15 Biamung [down- crossed out] father's father's younger brother's son's son " " " [daughter - crossed out] "
λ 1 " 7 Gnarribill[a- crossed out] * " daughter's husband "
μ 2,3,4,5 call 7 " * " bro's daughter's husband M + F
ν 7 calls 12 Qua-a-bund[a-crossed out] * " wife's mother M
ξ " 8 & 11 " * " wife's father's bro's wife
Note. Terms marked * are reciprocal