Although a° census taken in 1933 disclosed" that there were 24,448 full-blood aborigines in Australia. Information obtained by the Commonwealth Statistician from the pro-{eetors of aborigines in the different slates revealed that there were, approximately, 69,000 full-blood abor!- "ines in the Commonwealth, Of these 24.000 were either in employment or were living in super ized camps, and 36,000 were nomadic.
"The siatistles reveal that there was an excess of males over females, and for every 100 male aborigines between the ages of 10 and 21 years there were only 82 females.
This Is taken as definite evidence of a shortage in the number of females as prospective wives. Under the tribal system many young females are married by the older men who sometimes acquire more than one wife, and it appears that many young unmarried men will be un~ able to secure partners from among the female aborigines who are included in this investigation. It has been stated that the full-blood aborigines often prefer to remain single rather then contract marriage with other castes, Of the full-blood aborigines 040 per cent. live in Queensland, Western Ausiralia and the Northern Territory.
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