Sentence:  A woman is supposed to signify her consent to the marriage by carrying fire to her husband's <WSD>wurley</WSD> ["footnote": This word <WSD>"wurley</WSD>" is from the language of the Adelaide tribe. The Narrinyeri word is "mante". I have used "<WSD>wurley</WSD>" because it is more generally understood by the colonists.] and making his fire for him. An unwilling wife will say, when she wishes to signify that she was forced into marriage with her husband, "I never made any fire in his <WSD>wurley</WSD> for him." In case of a man having two wives, the elder is always regarded as the mistress of the hut or <WSD>wurley</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An Australian indigenous shelter made from small branches with the leaves still attached.