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Thus, if it is this combined system that moved to the Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra
area to the north—east, where Milangka and Karimarra are identical and marry Purungu, and
where Panaka and Yiparrka are identical and marry Tjaruiru, then, at some stage, mother
and child must both have been in a single social category, that is, a Milangka child and its
Karimarra mother must have been grouped into a Milangka / Karimarra section, and an Ibarga
child and its Panaka mother must have been grouped into a Panaka / Yiparrka section. Faced
with such complexities, one can only hope that further testimonies come up to elucidate the
complex situation in Karlgoorlie, which, as far as I can see here, reveals a combination of
section names and systems that indicate a cultural melting-pot situation, i.n which everyone,
nevertheless, kept reference to his or her own original identity.