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 AA1/29 - Photographs captioned Koonibba [SA]

• 'LAWRIE - FIRST BLACK TO STAY AT MISSION', 'KOONIBBA.'

  Identifier AA 1/29/2
  Date 1947?
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

Series AA23/01 - Correspondence relating to Australian Anthropology

• Letters to Hale, Tindale and Cleland

  Identifier AA23/1/3/1-15
  Date 1930 - 1935
  Quantity 1 cm,

Series AA290/02 - Photographs - Australian Aboriginal Culture

• 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea'

  Identifier AA290/2/2/1
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print

• 'Mickie Aboriginal boy 16 years from Ooldea East West line'

  Identifier AA290/2/2/2
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print

• Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie

  Identifier AA290/2/2/3
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print

• 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea'

  Identifier AA290/2/2/4
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print

• Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie

  Identifier AA290/2/2/5
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print

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

• 'Field Notes and Journal on the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba on the West Coast of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. August 1928. Adelaide, S. Australia'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/5
  Date 10 June 1926 - 28 August 1928, 5 February 1932, 1 May 1987
  Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x28.0 cm, 134 pages, 1 insert, 16 loose items

• '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

• 'Journal of a trip to Western Australia in search of Tribal Data by Norman B. Tindale 1966'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/27
  Date 15 March 1966 - c. 21 April 1966, 6 March 1966 - 6 August 1968 (with gaps), 27 February 1970, 31 August 1984, c1987
  Quantity 4.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.0x26.4cm, 559 pages with 12 inserts and 4 loose items in an envelope

• 'Journal of visit to South Western Australia by Norman B. Tindale in company with Noel McFarland. October - December 1968'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/28
  Date 26 October 1968 - c. 10 December 1968, 26 March 1966, 13 March 1968 - 27 January 1970 (with gaps) and c1973
  Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.4 cm, 356 pages with 5 inserts

• 'Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/29
  Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 red hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm

• '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 Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936.

  Identifier AA 338/4/45/1-65
  Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934
  Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 green hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm

• 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 Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938 - 1939.

  Identifier AA 338/5/15
  Date 1938 - 1939, May 1938 - June 1939
  Quantity 13 cm, 3 Albox folders; 1 oversized and mounted on cardboard photograph

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• 'Place Names: S.E. of S. Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/45
  Date c. 1928 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 cardboard box, approx. 7.1 cm of cards

• 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

• Parallel Vocabulary 1, Harvard Expedition, A-K

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/58
  Date 1938 - c. 1958
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29 cm of cards

• Parallel Vocabulary 2, Harvard Expedition, L-S

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/59
  Date 1938 - c. 1958
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards

• Parallel Vocabulary 3, Harvard Expedition, T-Z

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/60
  Date 1938 - c. 1958
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29.5 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 AA338/15 - 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 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

• 'Vacuum Road Guide Western Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/15/62
  Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.0 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

• 'H.5 - Forrest' (Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/111
  Date 1934 - 1935, dates in annotations; map printed 1944
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.5x75.5 cm

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

• Kalgoorlie (3352)

  Identifier AA 338/18/33
  Date 1939 - 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

• 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

• Esperance (3461)

  Identifier AA 338/18/43
  Date 1939 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1964
  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.

• '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

• Koonibba (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/9
  Date August 1928
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 3 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.

• Koonibba, South Australia, 1928.

  Identifier AA 346/9/28
  Date 13 August 1928 - 25 August 1928, dates of expedition
  Quantity 6 cm, 4 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA60/02 - Correspondence relating to Australian anthropology

• Correspondence relating to Australian anthropology

  Identifier AA 60/2/1-4
  Date 1923 - 1968
  Quantity 6 cm,

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