Schürmann states shortly: "Each family occupies a separate hut; and, if there be any unmarried men, they sleep apart in a hut of their own."[488] [488] Woods, p. 222. Henderson says about the New South Wales natives, "Each family has its own gunya and fire."[489] [489] _Loc. cit._, p. 109. George Barrington observes that among the Port Jackson natives each hut was occupied by one family.[490] [490] _Loc. cit._, p. 82. When the families who formed a "tribe" (= local group?) meet "each family has its own fire and provides its own substance."[491] In the description of his travels Dawson tells us that when the native party was joined by a stranger with his wife the latter did not approach the other men, but slept alone by herself at a small fire.[492] This points to the fact that a married woman normally never slept in the immediate neighbourhood of any other man but her own husband. [491] R. Dawson, p. 327. Port Stephens Blacks. [492] _Loc. cit._, p. 249. Spencer and Gillen affirm, again, the complete isolation of families who, according to them,[493] normally roam scattered on the territory of the local group. "Each family, consisting of a man and one or more wives and children, occupies always a mia-mia, which is merely a lean-to of shrubs, so placed as to shield the occupants from the prevailing wind." This statement is perfectly clear, and we may fit it into the general picture we drew from all the other evidence. [493] _Nat. Tr._, p. 18. Among the natives of Central Australia (probably of the Arunta nation) a married woman "may speak to any but the young men."[494] Thus she is practically excluded from any intercourse with them. [494] _J.A.I._, xxiv. p. 183 (W. H. Willshire in Prof. Frazer's _Questions_). Among the natives of Moreton Bay the conjugal relation is maintained by them "with great decency and propriety, every family having its separate hut and fire."[495] [495] J. D. Lang, _loc. cit._, p. 337. A very clear and concise statement is given on this point by the Rev. J. Mathew, referring to the Kabi and Wakka tribes. "The family, consisting of husband and wife, or wives, with their children, constituted a distinct social unit. They occupied the same gunya (dwelling), they ate together, they travelled together."[496] After having described the construction of the hut he adds: "This sufficed for a family. The dwellings were placed a little distance apart, facing in the same direction, and each had its own small fire in front."[497] [496] _Loc. cit._, p. 153. [497] _Loc. cit._, p. 84.