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 and one sister, together with their respective
descendants. Tribe, the Brabrolong, Gipps Land.

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

Native Terms given by Degree of Kinship according to Sex of
Mr Howitt the diagram Speaker

α 18 calls 2 Waintuwin [mattel - crossed out] My father's father M
β 18 calls 11 Nallung My father's father's wife M
γ 18 calls 1,3,4 Waintuwin Waintwin or Brebba My father's father's brothers M
δ 18 calls 5 Waintjun [down - crossed out] My father's father's sister M
έ 18 calls 6 Mummung My father father brother's daughter M
ζ 18 calls 7 Barbuck My father father's brother daughter's husband sister's husband M
η 18 calls 8 Brebba nallung [mettel - crossed out] My father father brother's wife M
θ 18 calls 14 Brebba yuckun [down - crossed out] My father father brother's son's wife bro's wife M
κ 18 calls 15 Bramung [down - crossed out] father's father's younger brother's son's son [daughter- crossed out] M
λ 1 calls 7 Gnarribill * My daughter's husband M
μ 2,3,4,5 call 7 " * My brother's daughter's husband M&F
ν 7 calls 12 Qua - a- bund * My wife's mother M
ξ 7 calls 8 & 11 Qua - a- bund * My wife's father's bro's wife

Note. Terms marked * are reciprocal