Editing Matrilineality (section)

===Australia===
The [[Arabana]] people of South Australia are described by [[Francis Gillen]] and [[Walter Baldwin Spencer]] in their 1899 book <i>The Native Tribes of Central Australia</i> (in which the name is spelled Urabunna) as counting their descent "in the female line".

The [[Diyari]] people of South Australia are described by Francis James Gillen and Walter Baldwin Spencer in their 1899 book <i>The Native Tribes of Central Australia</i> (in which the name is spelled Dieri) as counting their descent "in the female line".

The [[Tiwi people]] living on the Tiwi Islands of Australia's Northern Territory base their social structure on matrilineal kinship groups. Traditional marriage practices have persisted in spite of the presence of Christian missionaries on the islands.