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- The fleldwork on which this paper is based was carried put with the aid of a Fulbright‐Hays fellowship and a grant from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Portions of the paper were read at a session on “Approaches to Australian Aboriginal Economy” at the 1980 meetings of the Australian Anthropological Society. I would like to thank those who were present for their helpful comments and suggestions.