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Aunty and uncle are terms of address for older people, to whom the speaker may not be related. Brother and sister—as well as for reference to siblings this term is used to refer to children of one's mother's sister and of father's brother (cousin), just as in many indigenous languages. Cousin-brother and cousin-sister are often used to refer to children of one's mother's sister and father's brother. Cousin refers to children of one's father's sister and mother's brother, but may be extended to any relative of one's own generation, such as one who might share the same great-grandparent, which is a second-cousin in Aboriginal terms. In south-east Queensland, daughter is used to refer to any woman of one's great-grandparents' generation. This is due to the cyclical nature of traditional kinship systems and mirrors usage in many Australian languages. Father and mother include any relative of one's parents' generation, such as uncles, aunts, their own cousins and in-laws. Grandfather and grandmother can refer to anyone of one's grandparents' generation. Grandfather can also refer to any respected elderly man, to whom the speaker may not be related. Poison refers to a relation one is obligated to avoid. See avoidance speech and Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices. The term second, or little bit in northern Australia, is used with a distant relative who is described using a close kinship term. For example, one's second father or little bit father is a man of one's father's generation not closely related to the speaker. Usually having a second mother is having a woman of your own mother's generation who seems to act like a mother and would most likely care for you if anything were to happen to your own parents. It is contrasted with close, near or true. A skin or skin group is a section determined by the skin of a person's parents, and determines whom a person is eligible to marry. Moiety is sometimes used synonymously, though it properly refers to sections in systems with only two descent groups. Skinship can refer to the kinship system in its entirety, but more often refers to an individual's position and relationship to others in such a system. Son can refer to any male of the next generation, such as nephews, just as daughter can refer to any female of the next generation, including nieces.
== See also == Irish kinship Noongar kin systems Warlpiri kinship
== References ==
== Further reading == Binnion, Joan (1979) The Lardil People of Mornington Island (Student Handbook), Aboriginal Community College, Port Adelaide. Dousset, Laurent, 2011, Australian Aboriginal Kinship: An introductory handbook with particular emphasis on the Western Desert, Marseille, Pacific-credo Publications. Hansen, Kenneth C. and Lesley E. Hansen, 1979, Pintupi/Luritja kinship, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Institute for Aboriginal Development.
== External links ==
AustKin Ausanthrop kinship tutorial Ausanthrop "Kinship and Skin Names". Central Land Council, Northern Territory.