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 AA207/2 - 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 AA266/01 - Rosa Fiveash copies of Harry Hilliers's watercolours of toas for publication

• Card and 69 watercolours of toas by Rosa Fiveash on 22 cut-offs

  Identifier AA 266/1/1
  Date 1908
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 23 1 card and 22 card cut-offs

• Card XIV, publication Plate XV

  Identifier AA 266/1/6
  Date 1908
  Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 18.1cm x 26cm card & masonite

• Card XV, publication Plate XVI

  Identifier AA 266/1/7
  Date 1908
  Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 18.1cm x 26cm card & masonite

• Card XVI, publication Plate XVII

  Identifier AA 266/1/8
  Date 1908
  Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 18.1cm x 26cm card & masonite

Series AA266/02 - Records relating to the numbering, description and publication of toas and records relating to Mura-Muras

• Handwritten descriptions of toas

  Identifier AA 266/2/2/1-18
  Quantity 1 cm, 18 21.6cm × 34.3cm pages

Series AA266/03 - Vocabulary cards

• Vocabulary cards arranged alphabetically and in no order

  Identifier AA 266/3/1/1-5
  Quantity 20 cm, 5 A4 Albox folders

Series AA266/05 - Correspondence, reports and notes relating to the editing, translation and publication of the Reuther manuscript

• 'Standard spellings for Reuther Tribes'

  Identifier AA 266/5/7
  Date May 1935
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 21.6cm x 34.3cm foolscap page

Series AA266/08 - Translation of Volumes I-IX and XII-XIII of Reuther's manuscript by Ernerst Theodore Vogelsang 1929-1936

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 1

  Identifier AA 266/8/1
  Quantity 6.9 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volumes 1 and 2

  Identifier AA 266/8/2
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 2

  Identifier AA 266/8/3
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 2

  Identifier AA 266/8/4
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volumes 2 and 3

  Identifier AA 266/8/5
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 3

  Identifier AA 266/8/6
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 3

  Identifier AA 266/8/7
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volumes 3 and 4

  Identifier AA 266/8/8
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 4

  Identifier AA 266/8/9
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 4

  Identifier AA 266/8/10
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the dictionary, volume 4; grammar, volume 5; cultural concepts, volume 6; and place names, volume 7

  Identifier AA 266/8/11
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the place names, volume 7

  Identifier AA 266/8/12
  Quantity 5.9 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the place names, volume 7

  Identifier AA 266/8/13
  Quantity 5.9 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the place names, volume 7

  Identifier AA 266/8/14
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the place names, volume 7

  Identifier AA 266/8/15
  Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

• English translation of the place names, volumes 7 and 'meaning and origin of the names of Central Australian Natives etc', volume 8

  Identifier AA 266/8/16
  Quantity 9.2 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume

Series AA266/09 - Reuther's manuscript, Volume I to XIII

• Reuther's dictionary volume 1

  Identifier AA 266/9/1
  Date 1903 - 16 January 1904
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's dictionary volume 2

  Identifier AA 266/9/2
  Date 9 February 1904 - 23 July 1905
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's dictionary volume 3

  Identifier AA 266/9/3
  Date 26 July 1905 - 26 October 1905
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's dictionary volume 4

  Identifier AA 266/9/4
  Date 27 October 1905 - 19 March 1906
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's Dieri word index and grammar, Jandruwanta and Wongkanguru grammar, comparative vocabularies and religious service, volume 5

  Identifier AA 266/9/5
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's cultural concepts volume 6

  Identifier AA 266/9/6
  Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 18.0cm x 22.5cm volume

• Reuther's place names volume 7

  Identifier AA 266/9/7
  Date 12 March 1905 - 30 May 1905
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's 'the world of Gods and Spirits among the Australian Aborigines' and toa desciptions volume 11

  Identifier AA 266/9/11
  Date 19 July 1907 - 23 June 1908
  Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's 'Museum and Toas' volume 12

  Identifier AA 266/9/12
  Date 13 March 1905 - 6 April 1905
  Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 22.5cm x 33.2cm volume

• Reuther's 'meaning of the toas' volume 13

  Identifier AA 266/9/13
  Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 33.2cm x 22.5cm volume

Series AA266/18 - 'Map of Region east of Lake Eyre' by Reuther and Harry Hillier 1904

• 'Map of Region east of Lake Eyre' by Reuther and Hillier 1904 compiled from prints

  Identifier AA 266/18/2
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map

Series AA266/25 - Translation of Volumes I to XIII of Reuther's Manuscript by Philipp Scherer

• 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIA) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer'

  Identifier AA 266/25/10/1-144
  Date 1976
  Quantity 3.5 cm, 144 A4 pages

• 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIB) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' & 'ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE PLACE-NAMES Arranged by the Translator'

  Identifier AA 266/25/11/1-399
  Date 1978
  Quantity 4 cm, 399 A4 pages

Series AA266/26 - 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District. By the Revd J.G. Reuther'

• Handwritten translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther

  Identifier AA 266/26/1-16
  Quantity 0.3 cm, 16 foolscap pages

• Typescript translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther

  Identifier AA 266/26/2/1-10
  Quantity 0.3 cm, 10 A4 pages

• Typescript translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther

  Identifier AA 266/26/3/1-10
  Quantity 0.3 cm, 10 A4 pages

Series AA266/29 - Map of Reuther's language groups and pastoral plan of Kopperamanna, South Australia

• Map of Reuther's language groups in South Australia and part Northern Territory annotated with Tindale 'Tribes'

  Identifier AA 266/29/1
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map 54.5cm x 62.5cm

Series AA266/31 - Comparative vocabulary of Reuther's Dictionary listed by Tindale's Tribes

• Reuthers vocabulary listed by language groups

  Identifier AA 266/31/1-2
  Quantity 3 cm, 200 foolscap pages

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

• '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?]

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• '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 AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• Diamantina (SA) 1934

  Identifier AA 338/11/10/Tracks 1-14
  Date 1934
  Quantity 14 wax cylinders, 1 access CD

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)

• '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

• Map of the Diamantina region, northeastern South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/15/17
  Date 1934, date in annotation; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 66.0x94.0 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

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

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

• 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 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,