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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

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FIgure 10: KalgoorlIe systems, comprIsIng MandjIndja and Waljen arrows are
mother-chIld relatIons between the two systems