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

• 'Visit to Coorong' - February 1934

  Identifier AA 105/1/8
  Date c. 1934
  Quantity 21.5 cm, 1 20.3x12.5cm 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.

• Eighteen genealogical patterns

  Identifier AA 105/2/7/1-18
  Date 1934?
  Quantity 6 cm, 18 quarto sheets.

Series AA105/03 - Papers relating to psychological data

• untitled

  Identifier AA 105/3/2
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 half quarto card.

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

• 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia. 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. 2'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/15/2
  Date 10 September 1938 - c. 1980, 10 September 1938 - 26 June 1939, 1940s, 1966, 1950s?, 1980s
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 22.0x26.5cm, 542 pages, 8 inserts

• 'Murray River Notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1930-1952. Adelaide, South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/1/31/1
  Date 7 November 1932 - 23 November 1952, 13 July 1853, 1863, c1870-80, 1926-1927, 1929-1939, 1941, 3 June 1945, November 1952, 12 July 1973
  Quantity 3.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.8 cm, 364 pages with 2 inserts and 2 loose items

• 'Journal of Researches in the South East of S. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Volume 1. 1931-1934 with some earlier notes copied in'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/33/1
  Date 1931 - 1934, 30 July 1925, 2 July 1927, November 1930 - 16 April 1937 with gaps, 25 March 1940, 1976
  Quantity 3.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x26.9cm, 374 pages

• 'Journal of Researches in the South East of S. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Volume II. 1934-[1940]'

  Identifier AA 338/1/33/2
  Date 1934 - c. 1940, November 1890, 1934-1938, 1940, 26 October 1946, c1985
  Quantity 5.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.2x26.4 cm, 340 pages with 3 loose items

• 'Journal of Researches in the South East of S. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Volume III. 1938-1956 with index and sundry notes'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/33/3
  Date 1938 - 1956, 4 September 1847, October 1937-1957 with gaps, 1962-1965 with gaps, 1974, 1982-1986 with gaps
  Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.3x26.36 cm, 405 pages with 2 inserts

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• 'Vocabularies: Erawirung, Jarildekald'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/6
  Date c. 1934 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 12.5 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: Jarildekald A-Ko'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/7
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 17 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: Jarildekald Ku-M'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/8
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 13 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: Jarildekald N-Pan'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/9
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 13 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: Jarildekald Pap-Ti'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/10
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 12.5 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: Jarildekald Tj-W'

  Identifier AA 338/7/11
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 13 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: S.E. of S. Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/20
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 13.3 cm of cards

• 'English of S.E. of S.A. Vocabularies'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/21
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 29.4 cm of cards

• Population, Wirangu, Aranda + Odd

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/25
  Date 1930 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 11.3 cm of cards

• 'Place Names: N. B. Tindale ms SE of S Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/44
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 7.7 cm of cards

• Jarildekald, South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/25
  Date c. 1934
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 filing drawer, approx. 7.5 cm of cards

Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches

• Jarildekald Vocabularies

  Identifier AA 338/8/17
  Date 1926 - 1987
  Quantity 17.5 cm, 1 type 2 container, with 3 bound volumes of photocopied papers, one foolscap folder.

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• Story of Waijungari, Jaralde Tribe (SA) 1934

  Identifier AA 338/11/8/1-2
  Date 1934
  Quantity 2 wax cylinders

• Albert Karloan series 1940

  Identifier AA 338/11/14/1-4
  Date 1940
  Quantity 4 x 12 inch acetate discs (double sided)

• 'J Mason series [1964]; Milerum; Jarildekald; Tanganekald'

  Identifier AA 338/11/34/1-18
  Date 1932 - 1964
  Quantity 14 x magnetic tape reels; 3 x cassettes; 3pp. x A4 notes

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

• Transcript of Albert Karloan's 'Story of Peindjali and Perolge'

  Identifier AA 338/12/8
  Date 1940
  Quantity 1 x manila folder containing 9pp. typed transcript

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

• '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

Series AA338/16 - Maps - South East of South Australia

• Map of central South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/16/2
  Date c. 1931 - ?, date of annotation approximate, mostly 1930s. date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 62x93.5 cm

• Map of central South Australia ['Map T']

  Identifier AA 338/16/3
  Date c. 1931 - 1985, approximate date range of annotations. date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 62.5x87.5 cm

• Map of central South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/16/4
  Date c. 1935 - ?, date of annotation and printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 61.0x91.0 cm

• Map of central South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/16/5
  Date c. 1935 - ?, date of annotation and printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 61.0x85.5 cm

• 'Gregory's Metric Road Map South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/16/40
  Date c. 1970 - c. 1985, dates of annotation and printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 74.0x93.0 cm

• 'South Australia' road map (BP)

  Identifier AA 338/16/41
  Date c. 1970 - c. 1985, dates of annotation and printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 50.0x74.5 cm

• 'Mobilong'

  Identifier AA 338/16/63
  Date 1978, date in annotation; map printed 1972
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 57.0x75.5 cm

• 'Mobilong'

  Identifier AA 338/16/64
  Date 1978, date in annotation; map printed 1972
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 57.0x75.5 cm

• 'Wellington'

  Identifier AA 338/16/65
  Date 1978, date in annotation; map printed 1972
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 57.0x75.5 cm

• 'Wellington'

  Identifier AA 338/16/66
  Date 1978, date in annotation; map printed 1972
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 57.0x75.5 cm

• 'Aboriginal Landscape of the Lower Murray Valley South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/16/68
  Date 1978, date of printing date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 49.0x83.5 cm

• 'Aboriginal Landscape of the Lower Murray Valley South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/16/69
  Date 1978, date of printing date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 49.0x83.5 cm

• 'Aboriginal Landscape of the Lower Murray Valley South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/16/70
  Date 1978, date of printing date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 49.0x83.5 cm

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

• Adelaide (3458)

  Identifier AA 338/18/41
  Date 1964 - 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

• 'Spear thrower grip'

  Identifier AA 338/22/49
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm

Series AA338/23 - Maps - Sketch maps showing Aboriginal 'tribes'

• 'Patrilineal Hordes of the Tribes of the Murray Mouth'

  Identifier AA 338/23/4
  Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 41.5x53.5 cm

• Sketch map showing 'tribes' in southeastern South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/23/5
  Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.5x45.0 cm

Series AA338/24 - Maps - Hundreds and counties, South East of South Australia

• 'Alexandrina'

  Identifier AA 338/24/1
  Date 1937, date in annotation; date of printing c1930s.
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.0x45.5 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1907)

  Identifier AA 338/24/3
  Date 1932, date in annotation; map printed 1907
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.0x65.5 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1907)

  Identifier AA 338/24/4
  Date 1931 - 1932, dates in annotations; map printed 1907
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 56.0x64.0 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1907)

  Identifier AA 338/24/5
  Date 1931 - 1932, dates in annotations; map printed 1907
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.5x65.5 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1930)

  Identifier AA 338/24/6
  Date 1932 - c. 1938, dates in annotations; map printed 1930
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.5x76.0 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1930)

  Identifier AA 338/24/7
  Date 1932 - ?, most annotations 1932-1935 Map printed 1930
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 56.0x76.0 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1930)

  Identifier AA 338/24/8
  Date 1932 - c. 1938, dates in annotations; map printed 1930
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 56.0x76.0 cm

• 'Baker' (printed 1930)

  Identifier AA 338/24/9
  Date 1932 - ?, most annotations 1932-1935 Map printed 1930
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 56.0x76.0 cm

• 'Bonney' (printed 1926)

  Identifier AA 338/24/17
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1937, approximate date range of annotations; map printed 1926
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 48.0x51.0 cm

• 'Bonney' (printed 1926)

  Identifier AA 338/24/18
  Date 1931 - ?, date in annotation; map printed 1926
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 48.5x50.5 cm

• 'Seymour'

  Identifier AA 338/24/85
  Date 1935 - 1978, dates in annotations; map printed 1929
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 46.5x59.5 cm

• 'County Russell' (printed 1931)

  Identifier AA 338/24/126
  Date c. 1936 - ?, exact range of annotation unknown; map printed 1931
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map,

• 'County Russell' (printed 1931)

  Identifier AA 338/24/127
  Date c. 1936 - ?, exact range of annotation unknown; map printed 1931
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 67.0x94.0 cm

• 'County Russell' (printed 1931)

  Identifier AA 338/24/128
  Date c. 1936 - c. 1980, approximate range of annotation; map printed 1931
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 68.5x90.0 cm

Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'

• Letter from RG Kimber to NB Tindale relating to the language and distribution of the Ngarkat, South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/26/42/1-4
  Date 26 June 1969
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 4 pages

• Letter from NB Tindale responding to comments made by RG Kimber on Ngarkat distribution predominantly and Milerum

  Identifier AA 338/26/44/1
  Date 2 July 1969
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page

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

• 'South Australia Unnumbered' data cards

  Identifier AA346/4/2
  Date c. 1927 - c. 1932, most cards are undated
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• 'South Australia Anthropological Data' cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/5
  Date 1923 - 1936
  Quantity 12 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

Series AA676/05 - Photographs, negatives and other illustrations

• Photographs and other illustrations from Point McLeay Mission

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

• 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 Point McLeay Mission

  Identifier AA 676/5/3
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1960
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring album

• Photographs and other illustrations from Point McLeay Mission

  Identifier AA 676/5/4
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1960
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring album

• Photographs and other illustrations from Point McLeay Mission

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

• Photographs and other illustrations from Point McLeay Mission

  Identifier AA 676/5/6
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1960
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring album

• Photographs and other illustrations from Pt Pearce, Pt McLeay and Mildura.

  Identifier AA 676/5/13
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1980
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring album

• Photographs from South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.

  Identifier AA 676/5/19
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1980
  Quantity 44 cm, 1 album in an archive box

Series AA689/03 - Professional and personal correspondence

• Letter from NB Tindale to JB Birdsell, 14 April 1982

  Identifier AA 689/3/1/43
  Date 14 April 1982, dates of annotation
  Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 archive manila folder, 24.3x35.5 cm