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

• 'University of Adelaide and University of California Anthropological Expedition, 1952-1954.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/19/1
  Date 18 October 1952 - 15 July 1953, 1933, 1952-56, 1964-65, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1980, 1982, 1985-1987
  Quantity 6.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.0x27.0cm, 703 pages with 5 loose items and 16 inserts

• 'Anthropological Field Notes on the University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia. Index and Appendices. 1953. Volume III'

  Identifier AA 338/1/19/3
  Date 1952 - 1954, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
  Quantity 4.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 23.0x26.4cm, 538 pages, 4 inserts and 2 loose items

• '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

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

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

• 'F.4 - Port Hedland' (Western Australia) [Map 'II']

  Identifier AA 338/15/105
  Date 1953, date in annotation on related map 338/15/104. Map printed 1950
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 54.5x78.0 cm

• 'Sheet 14 - De Grey' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/117
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1948
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 67.0x93.5 cm

• 'Sheet 14 - De Grey' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/118
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1948
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 74.5x96.0 cm

• 'Sheet 16 - Broome' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/119
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 74.0x95.0 cm

• Map showing language groups in the west of Western Australia, compiled by C. G. von Brandenstein

  Identifier AA 338/15/166
  Date 1966, date in annotation; map compiled 1965
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 35.5x44.0 cm

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

• Hamersley Range (3229)

  Identifier AA 338/18/16
  Date 1966 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Oakover River (3230)

  Identifier AA 338/18/17
  Date 1931 - 1976, date range of annotations; map printed 1958
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Oakover River (3230)

  Identifier AA 338/18/18
  Date 1967 - 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 Father Ernest A Worms to NB Tindale relating to the spelling of 'tribes' in the Port Hedland district

  Identifier AA 338/26/10
  Date 25 November 1952
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page

• Ronald M Berndt maps depicting 'The Western Desert Area of Australia' and 'Tribal Perspective of Jigalong Aborigines-1957'

  Identifier AA 338/26/21
  Date 1957? - 1959?
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page, 2 maps

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

• University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/22
  Date 2 December 1952 - 7 August 1954
  Quantity 176 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions

• The University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Data Cards, 1952-54.

  Identifier AA 689/9/17
  Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations
  Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index