This information is reproduced from NB Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974). Please be aware that much of the data relating to Aboriginal language group distribution and definition has undergone revision since 1974. Please note also that this catalogue represents Tindale's attempt to depict Aboriginal tribal distribution at the time of European contact.

Series AA105/01 - Journals and notebooks relating to expeditions

• 'Pandi-pandi and Lake Eyre'

  Identifier AA 105/1/2
  Date c. 1934
  Quantity 21.5 cm, 1 17.6x11.4cm journal.

Series AA105/02 - Papers relating to the social organisation of Australian Aboriginal people

• 'Kinship of Australian Aboriginal Societies.'

  Identifier AA 105/2/3/1-14
  Quantity 6 cm, 14 page quarto typescript.

Series AA105/06 - Papers relating to anthropological data

• 'Lake Eyre District'

  Identifier AA 105/6/24/1-3
  Quantity 6 cm, 3 35.4x20.5cm pages.

Series AA207/01 - 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe'

• 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe'

  Identifier AA 207/1
  Date December 1933, dated by NB Tindale
  Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 1 original typescript and 1 retyped copy

Series AA207/02 - Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region

• Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region

  Identifier AA 207/2/1-2
  Date 1933 - 1935
  Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 letters

Series AA215/01 - Dieri vocabulary

• Dieri vocabulary

  Identifier AA 215/1
  Date c. 1884, compilation pre-dates 1884
  Quantity 10 cm, 1 box containing approximately 800 slips of paper

Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations

• 'N. B. Tindale: Rough Diary of trip to Northern Flinders Range, S. Australia. Nov. 14 - Dec 18th, 1924. Incorporating various notes on the Aborigines'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/3
  Date 1924 - 1927, 1 November 1924 - 19 December 1924; 10 July 1927
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 foolscap Albox folder, 87 sheets; 1 notebook (10x16 cm) and photographs

• 'Journal of the Anthropological Expedition to the Diamantina, North-East of South Australia. August 1934'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/12
  Date 8 August 1934 - c. 23 August 1934, 25 July 1934 - 19 February 1936 (with gaps), 30 August 1939, 23 April 1940, 1970s annotations
  Quantity 2 cm, 1 Hardcover exercise book, 20.7x25.8 cm, 242 pages, 6 inserts, 1 loose item [2?]

• 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. I.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/15/1
  Date 14 October 1936 - 1978?, 14 October 1936-26 October 1939, 1950s, 26 March 1968, 1978
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22x26.5 cm, 799 pages, 27 inserts, 1 loose item

• 'Journal of Visit to the Rawlinson Range area in the Great Western Desert by Norman B. Tindale. 24 October - 25 November 1963'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/26
  Date 24 October 1963 - 25 November 1963, 21 Nov 1961-1964, 31 August 1965, 19-20 Sept 1969, 9 April 1970, 4 April 1981, 10 Dec 1987
  Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.3x26.2 cm, 353 pages with 6 inserts and 1 loose item

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/3
  Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 27.5 cm of cards

• Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/4
  Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards

• Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/5
  Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 25.5 cm of cards

• Pitjandjara, South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/6
  Date 1931 - c. 1966
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards

• Dieri, South Australia, Meier [sic], 1882

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/7
  Date 1934
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 19 cm of cards

• 'Reuther Localities, Bibliog. Muramura'

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/56
  Date c. 1928 - c. 1934
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 31.8 cm of cards

• Reuther Loc. M-Z

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/57
  Date c. 1934
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 33 cm of cards

Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches

• Parallel Vocabularies

  Identifier AA 338/8/20
  Date 1934 - c. 1976
  Quantity 44 cm, 1 type 10.1 box

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• Diamantina (SA) 1934

  Identifier AA 338/11/10/1-14
  Date 1934
  Quantity 14 wax cylinders

• Interview with John Irrgang 1964

  Identifier AA 338/11/26/1-5
  Date 1964
  Quantity 2 x 3 inch; 3 x 5 inch magnetic tapes

Series AA338/12 - Documentation for speech and sound recordings

• Song records (notebooks)

  Identifier AA 338/12/1
  Date 1930 - 1963
  Quantity 8.5 cm, 1 x type 2 box containing 9 notebooks

• Tape records (journals)

  Identifier AA 338/12/2
  Date 1963 - 1988
  Quantity 8.5 cm, 1 x type 2 box containing 2 journals

Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)

• 'N B Tindale's early enquiries 1920-1930' (South Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/2
  Date 1920 - 1930, dates in annotations; map printed 1912
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 71.0x102.0 cm

• 'Northern SA Early tribal data'

  Identifier AA 338/15/3
  Date 1920 - 1930, dates on original map. date of copying unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 52.0x69.0 cm

• 'South Australia showing Native Tribes'

  Identifier AA 338/15/4
  Date c. 1929 - c. 1930, approximate date range of data
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm

• 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 1.'

  Identifier AA 338/15/40
  Date 1938 - 1939, dates in annotation; map printed 1937
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x101.5 cm

• Map of Australia showing 'tribal' distribution

  Identifier AA 338/15/67
  Date dates of printing and annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 50.5x68.5 cm

• 'Map showing the location of Aboriginal Tribes east of Lake Eyre, S.A.'

  Identifier AA 338/15/180
  Date c. 1924 - ?, date of related publication.
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 31.5x34.0 cm

Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'

• Cooper Creek (3342)

  Identifier AA 338/18/26
  Date 1968 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Broken Hill (3355)

  Identifier AA 338/18/36
  Date 1965 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc.

• ' "Nations" as described by early writers.'

  Identifier AA 338/22/35
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm

• Maps of Australia showing skin rugs, cloaks and bags

  Identifier AA 338/22/46/1-2
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 2 maps, 34.0x44.5 cm

Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963.

• Diamantina (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/16
  Date August 1934
  Quantity 9 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition sociological, anthropological and ACER data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/20
  Date May 1938 - June 1939, some cards have later annotations
  Quantity 350 cm, 11 file card drawers containing data cards

Series AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological expeditions, 1926-1966.

• Diamantina, South Australia, 1934.

  Identifier AA 346/9/9
  Date 10 August 1934 - 28 August 1934, dates of expedition
  Quantity 33.5 cm, 15 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA362/01 - Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork

• Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork

  Identifier AA 362/1/1-19
  Date 1961 - 1981
  Quantity 18 cm, 1 type 1.1 box

Series AA362/03 - Photographs relating to Australian Aboriginal sites, life in South Australia and Northern Territory and Japan.

• Photographs relating to Australian Aboriginal sites, life in South Australia and Northern Territory and Japan.

  Identifier AA 362/3/1-4
  Date c. 1890 - 1975
  Quantity 10 cm, 2 photo albums

Series AA64/03 - Papers relating to the collections of the South Australian Museum

• Papers relating to the collections of the South Australian Museum

  Identifier AA 64/3/1-5
  Date 1935 - 28 November 1966, not all items are dated
  Quantity 3 cm,

Series AA676/05 - Photographs, negatives and other illustrations

• Photographs and other illustrations from Point McLeay Mission

  Identifier AA 676/5/2
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1960
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring album

• Photographs and other illustrations from Victor Harbour, Port Lincoln, Ooldea, Nobonob district (Papua New Guinnea), Kratke Ranges, Mt Margaret Mission, Glossop and Pt Pearce.

  Identifier AA 676/5/11
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1980
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring album

Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions

• Harvard and Adelaide Universities Expedition, Anthropological Data Cards, with Sociological Photographs attached. 1938-39.

  Identifier AA 689/9/16
  Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition
  Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders

Series AA824/02 - Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography

• Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography

  Identifier AA 824/2/1-15
  Date 1926 - 1930
  Quantity 3 cm,