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CHOCOLATE-TINTED AND FRIZZY-HAIRED WOMEN AND GIRLS OF THE TROPIC BUSH COUNTRY It is hard to judge the age of Australian gins. Many of them begin to look old at twenty-five years, for they are, in some ways, the worst treated women in the world. Not only do they do all the work, but the older men, for whom they form the only practical wealth in life, unite in an elaborate system of terrorisation and trickery of women. The best foods are taboo to them, and they are excluded from most important tribal ceremonies. This group wears more clothing than usual |