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

• '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

• 'Visit to Lake Eyre 1955 with anthropological notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1955'

  Identifier AA 338/1/20
  Date 12 July 1955 - 3 August 1955, 20 August 1934, 10 May - 8 December 1955, March 1957, April 1958, 1962
  Quantity 2 cm, 1 hardcover exercise book, 20.4x25.8 cm, 188 pages with 1 loose items and 6 attachments

• '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 (incomplete) 1928 mss unpublished.'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

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 AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• 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

• 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)

• 'N B Tindale's early enquiries 1920-1930' (South Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/2
  Date 1920 - 1930, dates in annotations; map printed 1912
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 71.0x102.0 cm

• '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

• 'Vacuum Road Map of South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/15/56
  Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x76.0 cm

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

• Port Augusta (3459)

  Identifier AA 338/18/42
  Date 1969 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

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

• 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 AA676/05 - Photographs, negatives and other illustrations

• Photographs and other illustrations from Middleton, River Murray, Point Pearce, Point McLeay and Yaruman.

  Identifier AA 676/5/14
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1980
  Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring binder