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 AA23/04 - Linguistic data

• 'Vocabulary of Central Australian Tribes'

  Identifier AA23/4/1/3
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1932
  Quantity

Series AA31/02 - Correspondence relating to Australian anthropology and archaeology

• Correspondence relating to Australian anthropology and archaeology

  Identifier AA 31/2/1-23
  Date 1906 - 1970
  Quantity 8 cm,

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

• 'Journal of an Anthropological Expedition to the Mann and Musgrave Ranges, North West of South Australia, May - July 1933, and a personal record of the Anthropological expedition to Ernabella, Aug. 1933, by Norman B. Tindale. Adelaide 1933'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/9
  Date 17 May 1933 - c. 24 August 1933, annotations from 1957, 1980s
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 18x21.5 cm, 756 pages and 3 inserts

• 'Visits to Ooldea, S. Aust. to study the Aborigines by Norman B. Tindale in 1934 and 1951. Adelaide. S. Australia.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/13
  Date 2 October 1934 - 29 April 1951, Oct-Nov 1934 & April 1951; additional notes from 1935, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1970, 1984
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.0x27.0 cm, 482 pages, 5 inserts 1 loose item and 1 pocket of photographs

• 'Journal of Visit to the North West of South Australia and adjacent parts of Western Australia by Norman B. Tindale. April-May 1957'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/22/1
  Date 23 April 1957 - 1 June 1957, 1902, c1907, 1928-1930s with gaps, 1940, 1950-1969 with gaps, 2721977
  Quantity 4.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.9 cm, 470 pages with 7 inserts and 2 loose items

• '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

• 'Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western Part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum. (incomplete) 1928 mss unpublished.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/30
  Date 1 July 1896 - 31 October 1983, 1 July 1896, October 1927, 1928, September 1935, 1945, 1977, 19 April 1980, 31 October 1983
  Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 red hard cover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm, 62 single sided pages and a pocket with 68 loose items

• 'Entomology and General Field Trips by Norman B Tindale. 1964-1965. Adelaide, S. Australia'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/43/3
  Date 13 October 1964 - November 1965, 1829; 1982
  Quantity 6.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.2x26.2cm, 766 pages with 3 inserts and 3 loose items

Series AA338/04 - Copies of journals

• Copy of Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum (incomplete) 1928 ms. Unpublished.

  Identifier AA 338/4/46
  Date 1928 - September 1977, 1928, September 1935, September 1977
  Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 green hard-cover book, 21.7x27.9cm, 48 single sided pages

Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals

• Photographs relating to Anthropological Expedition to Mann, Musgrave Ranges and Ernabella, May - August, 1933.

  Identifier AA 338/5/9
  Date 1933, May - July; August 1933
  Quantity 13.5 cm, 3 Albox folders

• Photographs relating to Norman Barnett Tindale's visits to Ooldea in 1934 and 1951.

  Identifier AA 338/5/13
  Date 1934 - 1951, October - November 1934; April 1951
  Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders

• Photographs relating to Norman Barnett Tindale's visit to the North West of South Australia and adjacent parts of Western Australia, 1957.

  Identifier AA 338/5/21
  Date 1929 - 1966, April 1929; May 1957
  Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders; 2 foolscup cardboards containing photographs

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• 'Pitjandjara'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/15
  Date 1928 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 1.6 cm of cards and approx. 2.8 cm of paper slips

• 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

Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches

• Pitjandjara Vocabulary, 1933

  Identifier AA 338/8/2
  Date 1933
  Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 bound notebook, 16.7 x 21.5 cm, handwritten

• Vocabulary of West-Central Australian Languages, 1931-35

  Identifier AA 338/8/3
  Date 1931 - 1935
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 foolscap folder

• Vocabulary of Pitjandjara, 1931-35

  Identifier AA 338/8/4
  Date 1931 - 1937
  Quantity 2 cm, 1 ring folder, 153 paper sheets (12.5 x 20.2 cm), typescript with handwritten annotations

• Vocabulary of Pitjandjara, 1931-37

  Identifier AA 338/8/5
  Date 1931 - c. 1966
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 bound notebook, 138pp., typescript

• 'Vocabulary, Pitjantjatjara - English'

  Identifier AA 338/8/9
  Date 1933 - 1965, typed in 1963, with annotations 1963-65
  Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 cardboard bound volume, 103pp.

Series AA338/09 - Annotated source materials, linguistic papers and research notes

• Annotated source materials

  Identifier AA 338/9/1
  Date c. 1930 - c. 1988
  Quantity 17.4 cm, 1 type 1.1 box containing 4 bound volumes, 8 archival folders

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• Mann & Musgraves Ranges (SA) 1933

  Identifier AA 338/11/6/1-34
  Date 1933
  Quantity 34 wax cylinders

• Ooldea (SA) 1934

  Identifier AA 338/11/9/1-10
  Date 1934
  Quantity 10 wax cylinders

• Rawlinson Range (WA) Expedition 1963

  Identifier AA 338/11/23/1-14
  Date 1963
  Quantity 14 x 3 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

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

• Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds

  Identifier AA 338/15/16
  Date 1933 - 1934
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 66.5x94.3cm

• Map of Nullarbor Plains, South Australia and northern surrounds

  Identifier AA 338/15/22
  Date 1934 - 1965, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 91.0x141.0 cm

• Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds (Photocopy of original)

  Identifier AA 338/15/26
  Date 1933 - 1934
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 73.0x104.0 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

• 'Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia' (Sheet 3)

  Identifier AA 338/15/94
  Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm

• 'H.6 - Coober Pedy' (South Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/97
  Date 1933 - 1957, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 53.0x76.5 cm

• 'Ernabella Country' - Map of Jangkundjara country by Tommy Dodd

  Identifier AA 338/15/188
  Date 1967, date of drawing
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 91.0x121.0 cm

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

• Oodnadatta (3343)

  Identifier AA 338/18/27
  Date 1967 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Petermann Ranges (3344)

  Identifier AA 338/18/28
  Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1959
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Petermann Ranges (3344)

  Identifier AA 338/18/29
  Date 1966 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Nullarbor Plain (3353)

  Identifier AA 338/18/34
  Date 1933 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Tarcoola (3354)

  Identifier AA 338/18/35
  Date 1928 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

Series AA346/03 - Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions, 1923-1939.

• Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions

  Identifier AA 346/3/1-14
  Date 1923 - 1939
  Quantity 30 cm, 5 A3 Albox folders

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

• Ooldea (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/7
  Date 1926 - c. 1937
  Quantity 2 cm, 2 card series, I series of paper slips; cards and slips 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Mann Range (South Australia) and Ernabella (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/15
  Date May 1933 - August 1933
  Quantity 54 cm, 7 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/22
  Date 2 December 1952 - 7 August 1954
  Quantity 176 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Rawlinson Range (Western Australia) and Mount Davies (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/25
  Date 8 November 1963 - 18 November 1963
  Quantity 5 cm, 2 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

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

• Wilgena and Ooldea, South Australia, 1926. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 34189.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/1/1-6
  Date 7 May 1926 - 21 May 1926, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Wilgena and Ooldea, South Australia, 1926. 'SAMA Reel K.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/1/7-13
  Date 7 May 1926 - 21 May 1926, dates of expedition
  Quantity 16 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Wilgena and Ooldea, South Australia, 1926. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33554.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/1/14-19
  Date 7 May 1926 - 21 May 1926, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Mann Range, Central Australia [South Australia], 1933.

  Identifier AA 346/9/7
  Date 25 May 1933 - 6 August 1933, dates of expedition
  Quantity 54 cm, 30 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Ernabella, South Australia, 1933.

  Identifier AA 346/9/8/1-20,35-42
  Date 7 August 1933 - 24 August 1933, dates of expedition
  Quantity 50.5 cm, 28 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Ernabella Ceremonies, South Australia, 1933.

  Identifier AA 346/9/8/21-34,43-48
  Date 7 August 1933 - 24 August 1933, dates of expedition
  Quantity 37 cm, 20 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Rawlinson Range Western Australia and Mount Davies, South Australia, 1963.

  Identifier AA 346/9/23
  Date 24 October 1963 - 25 November 1963, dates of expedition
  Quantity 23 cm, 9 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA42/01 - Photographs of Aboriginal people in north-west South Australia

• Photographs of Australian Aboriginal people in north-west South Australia

  Identifier AA 42/1/1-3
  Date 1929 - 1933
  Quantity 2 cm, 45 20 b/w prints (11x7 cms), 11 negatives, 14 nitrate negs

Series AA623/1 - Photographs taken on 1927 expedition with Bill Wade

• Photographs taken on 1927 expedition with Bill Wade

  Identifier AA623/1/1-15
  Date 1927
  Quantity 3 cm, 23 Photographs, black and white, 10.5x6 cm

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

• The University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Data Cards, 1952-54.

  Identifier AA 689/9/17
  Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations
  Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index