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

• 'Visit to Bentinck and Mornington Islands, Queensland by Norman B. Tindale. 1960'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/23
  Date 22 April 1960 - 13 June 1960, 11 July 1903, December 1947, 17 February 1960 - 1964, 1980
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 buckram bound journal, 21.5x26.8cm, 508 pages with 3 loose items and 5 inserts

• 'Journal of Visit to the Gulf of Carpentaria by Norman B Tindale. 1963.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/25
  Date 24 April 1963 - 30 July 1963, 3 September 1962 - 30 August 1963, 1965, 26 May 1976 and 1981
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.2x26.2 cm, 702 pages with 2 inserts

• 'Tja:pukai Grammar, Kuranda Queensland and Research Notes on Queensland Tribes by Norman B. Tindale. 1938-1960+'

  Identifier AA 338/1/38
  Date 1901 - 1974, 1901, 1938-1974 with gaps
  Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 19.3x23.7cm, 310 pages with 4 inserts and 2 loose items

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• 'Bentinck Island'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/4
  Date 1960 - 1963
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 6.2 cm of cards

• Kaiadilt, Bentinck Island, QLD, Native

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/38
  Date 1960
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 38.5 cm of cards

• Kaiadilt, Bentinck Island, QLD, English

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/39
  Date 1960
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards

Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches

• Queensland Vocabularies, 1960-63

  Identifier AA 338/8/19
  Date 1960 - 1963
  Quantity 17.3 cm, 1 type 1.1 box

• 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

• Bentinck Island (Qld) Series 1960

  Identifier AA 338/11/18/1-8
  Date 1960
  Quantity 8 x 5 inch magnetic tapes

• Gulf of Carpentaria Expedition 1963

  Identifier AA 338/11/22/1-34
  Date 1963
  Quantity 28 x 3 inch & 6 x 5 inch reels

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

• 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 2.'

  Identifier AA 338/15/41
  Date 1938 - 1939, dates in annotation; map printed 1937
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x101.5 cm

• 'Dulkawalnged or Bentinck Island showing dolnoro (hordes) and native place names of the Kaiadilt Tribe', 1960

  Identifier AA 338/15/137/1-2
  Date 1960, date in title
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 2 maps (1 ink drawing, 55.0x72.0 cm and 1 printed copy, 37.5x50.5 cm)

• 'Bentinck I[sland]. Qu[eensland]. Original data and field notes for map of native place names'

  Identifier AA 338/15/138
  Date 1960, date in annotation
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 56.0x76.0 cm

• Sketch map showing Bentinck Island, Queensland

  Identifier AA 338/15/140
  Date c. 1960 - ?, date of related journal; date of drawing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 36.0x54.5 cm

• 'Normanton (3220)'

  Identifier AA 338/15/141
  Date c. 1960 - c. 1963, date range of related journals; map printed 1957
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 59.5x86.0 cm

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

• Normanton (3220)

  Identifier AA 338/18/12
  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 AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'

• Letter from NB Tindale to Ian Mackay providing amendments to Mackay's proposed map of 'tribal distribution' for exhibition

  Identifier AA 338/26/23/1-3
  Date 24 December 1959
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 pages

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

• Bentinck and Mornington Island (Queensland) anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/23
  Date 16 May 1960 - 2 June 1960
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Mornington Isand (Queensland) anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/24
  Date 16 May 1963 - 25 June 1963
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

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

• Bentinck and Mornington Islands, Queensland, 1960.

  Identifier AA 346/9/20
  Date 27 April 1960 - 12 June 1960, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Gulf of Carpentaria [Mornington, Bentinck and Palm Islands] Queensland, 1963.

  Identifier AA 346/9/22
  Date 19 July 1963 - 30 July 1963, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA689/03 - Professional and personal correspondence

• Letter from NB Tindale to JB Birdsell, 21 June 1960

  Identifier AA 689/3/1/30
  Date 21 June 1960, dates of annotation
  Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 archive manila folder, 24.3x35.5 cm

• Letter from S Keen to JB Birdsell, 19 January 1971

  Identifier AA 689/3/4/9
  Date 19 January 1971
  Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 archive manila folder, 24.3x35.5 cm