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West Central Queensland, and for this reason, I have purposely 

 avoided the use of the term throughout this paper. 



Conclusion, — The whole question of class-systems, etc.,. 

 whereby a relationship, such as it is, is established between 

 aboriginals living miles and miles apart, yet may be mutually 

 unknown personally, has an important practical bearing which 

 has hitherto been apparently overlooked. In the mind of the real 

 North-West Central Queensland savage, on a line of reasoning 

 easily intelligible, all white men are believed to be similarily re- 

 lated ; he looks upon any one European as being the brother, 

 brother-in-law, father, or mother's brother, etc., of any other. 

 I have not the slightest doubt that many a white settler (himself 

 perfectly innocent) has thus paid the penalty of some crime 

 committed by a predecessor. 



The accompanying genealogical tree, from my work on 

 " Ethnological Studies among the North-West Central Queens- 

 land Aborigines," has been kindly supplied by the Honourable- 

 the Home Secretary for Queensland, 



