CHAPTER VIII

ECONOMICS

The individual family an economic unit (p. 274).--Statements (pp. 275-281).--Sexual division of labour a marked feature of Australian marriage (p. 281).--The woman's share of work harder, more important and indispensable than the man's (pp. 282-283).--The man's share not devoted to the exclusive benefit of his family (p. 283). Statements concerning the aboriginal communism in food (pp. 283-286).--Their bearing upon the economics of the household (pp. 286, 287).--Sociological features of this sexual division of labour (pp. 287, 288).--Division of consumption within the family (pp. 288, 289).--Description of some minor economic features concerning the household (pp. 289-291).