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PurMgu

Panaka Y i -—.———... Panaka
‘finurrka///'

KariMrra
Tjarurru < I / Ijnrurru
Hi lungka

Figure 9: Mother-child relations in Kalgoorlie

The exaMple of Kalgoorlie is interesting because not only does it produce a difierent
coMbination froM that found in Laverton, despite identical bases, but also because it allows
a hypothesis about the establishMent of an assiMilatory identity of sections, in contrast to the
Laverton systeM where there is a relational identity. The following short illustration, however,
Must be taken as hypothetical, 9' it assuMes a collapse of generations, which Means
that, at soMe stage, a Man Marries a person related to hiM as spouse but, at the saMe tiMe, is
structurally in the section of his Mother—in-law.

Ifirst exaMine Mother-child relations where there are two cycles, as in every four-section
systeM. The question that arises is how it coMes about that there is a Mother-child relationship
between Purungu and Yiparrka, and between KatiMana and Milangka, although, further east,
these sections are identical? ExaMining only these four sections, the relations are as follows:

If a child is Yiparrka, the Mother is Panaka and the father Milaugka

If a child is Panaka, the Mother is Yiparrka and the father KariMarra
If a child is KariMarra, the Mother is Milangka and the father Panaka
If a child is Milangka, the Mother is KariMarra and the father Yiparrka

These relations in the Kalgoorlie systeM are iepresented in Figure 10:

Mandjindja Waljen

V l

Tar-aru = Iba rga Tararu = Panaka
Milanga = Burungu KariMarra = Burungu

15 1‘

Figure 10: Kalgoorlie systeMs, coMprising Mandjindja and Waljen arrows are
Mother-child relations between the two systeMs