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Age Differentials Between Spouses and Australian Marriage Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

B. J. Williams
B. J. Williams*
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Over a very large area of the central desert and the Northern Territory of Australia the aboriginal populations were characterized by an unusual demographic feature, a remarkable difference in age between spouses at first marriage. Among the various dialect groups the average age of the woman at first marrage was 15 to 20 years less than that of her husband. This is a demographic feature which obviously requires explanation and there have been at least three explanations advanced to date.

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Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 30: Population Studies in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology: A Symposium , 1975 , pp. 38 - 43
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1975

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