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. Volume II. Pp.692a-1250'

  Identifier AA 338/1/19/2
  Date 15 July 1953 - 30 October 1953, 1953-55, 1 Oct 1958, 1961, 1964-65, 1979, 1981-82
  Quantity 5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.1x26.8 cm,

• '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 Visit to the North West of South Australia and adjacent parts of Western Australia by Norman B. Tindale. April-May 1957'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/22/1
  Date 23 April 1957 - 1 June 1957, 1902, c1907, 1928-1930s with gaps, 1940, 1950-1969 with gaps, 2721977
  Quantity 4.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.9 cm, 470 pages with 7 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

• '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

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

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

• 'XV/800 Eastern Division' - Western Australia survey map

  Identifier AA 338/15/84
  Date 1953 - 1954, dates in annotation; map printed 1920
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 68.0x100.5 cm

• 'Wiluna - Kimberley Stock Route Shewing Positions of Wells Constructed 1908-9-10' (Sheet 2)

  Identifier AA 338/15/89
  Date 1953, date in annotation; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 61.5x103.0 cm

• '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

• 'F.5 - Tanami' (Western Australia and Northern Territory) [Map 'I']

  Identifier AA 338/15/106
  Date 1953 - 1964, dates in annotations; map printed 1945
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.0x75.0 cm

• 'F.5 - Tanami' (Western Australia and Northern Territory) [Map 'II']

  Identifier AA 338/15/107
  Date 1953 - 1964, dates in annotations; map printed 1945
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 54.5x75.0 cm

• 'G.4 - Wiluna' (Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/109
  Date c. 1953 - c. 1959, approximate date range based on similar maps; map printed 1944
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.5x75.5 cm

• 'G.5 - Mount Squires' (Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/110
  Date 1933 - 1965, dates in annotations; map printed 1944
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.0x75.5 cm

• 'Sheet 11 - Nabberu' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/115
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 70.5x92.0 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'

• 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

• Wiluna (3345)

  Identifier AA 338/18/30
  Date 1960 - 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 Joseph Bernard Birdsell to NB Tindale relating to the distribution of the Wahijankandjara and Potidjara

  Identifier AA 338/26/15
  Date 30 July 1954
  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

• RM Berndt map depicting 'Tribal Perspective of Jigalong Aborigines - 1954'

  Identifier AA 338/26/27/1-2
  Date 1964
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 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