evidpiice to winding, widespread, wanderings of tlic families which 

 The Kurna, Murrai and Winibaja are doubtless among the later 



probably in the order in which they are here named. The seven 

 families above enumerated, with perhaps several otluirs have 



distinguish their characteristics and disentangle their original 



etVeeted. let me point out that the Bamma people have generally 



have it <>i the ' mama" type, the Mu 



Kurna except in the 

 appi ' type. A large 



types of words being kept in view woul 



ei-y great value. 



Rotable diveisities in words and structun 

 lissimilarity of original elements, while tl 



Australia, Victoria and Tasmania on the other. if it be abked, 

 wliat view of Australian settlement does a study of lan-uage lead 

 to I The reply must be tha.t a general survey of the languages 



geneity of speech in Australia and Tasmania ot Minpl.- structure 

 as exhibited in Tasmanian and Western Au^tialian (liali'<ts, but 

 that there poured in from the north .stream-. ..t' p(.|.iilati.>ii \Mtl> -^ 

 speech more elaborate in construction. Par.iUcl i.niTh aiul south 



the north, and the general l>i-okcnnt'ss (>\ lanuuau'i' aln;i_' tl"' i''>"'St 



Tlie fundamental princij)h.' of wonl-structurt; i.-^ auuiutii 

 There is therefoi e a general well-marked relationship wi' 

 members of the Turanian branch of human sptiech, with one 



