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 AA31/01 - Field notebooks and data relating to Australian Archaeology and Anthropology

• Field notebooks and data relating to Australian Archaeology and Anthropology

  Identifier AA 31/1/1-2
  Date 1934 - 1967
  Quantity 8 cm,

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

• 'N. B. Tindale: Rough Diary of trip to Northern Flinders Range, S. Australia. Nov. 14 - Dec 18th, 1924. Incorporating various notes on the Aborigines'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/3
  Date 1924 - 1927, 1 November 1924 - 19 December 1924; 10 July 1927
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 foolscap Albox folder, 87 sheets; 1 notebook (10x16 cm) and photographs

• 'Journal of the Anthropological Expedition to the Diamantina, North-East of South Australia. August 1934'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/12
  Date 8 August 1934 - c. 23 August 1934, 25 July 1934 - 19 February 1936 (with gaps), 30 August 1939, 23 April 1940, 1970s annotations
  Quantity 2 cm, 1 Hardcover exercise book, 20.7x25.8 cm, 242 pages, 6 inserts, 1 loose item [2?]

• '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 Kaurna or Adelaide Tribe and the natives of Yorke Peninsula and the Middle North of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. 1935- '

  Identifier AA 338/1/35
  Date 1935 - 1969, 12 June 1839, 1844, 1852, 1907, 1911, 1921, 1926-1951 with gaps, 1952, 1960's, 1971, 1975, and 1984
  Quantity 3.4 cm, 1 hard cover exercise book, 20.0x25.4 cm, 182 pages with 2 loose item and 13 inserts

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 AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals

• Photographs relating to Northern Flinders Ranges trip, November - December, 1924.

  Identifier AA 338/5/2
  Date 1924 - 1928, November - December 1924; July 1927; September 1928
  Quantity 5 cm, 1 A4 Albox folder; 1 (part of) of photograph album

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• Vocabularies

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/1
  Date 1924 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 8.6 cm of cards

• 'Place Names: N. B. Tindale ms SE of S Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/44
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 7.7 cm of cards

• '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

• Ngadjuri, South Australia, Berndt & Vogelsang 1941

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/10
  Date 1925 - c. 1964
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards

• 'Reuther Localities, Bibliog. Muramura'

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/56
  Date c. 1928 - c. 1934
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 31.8 cm of cards

• Reuther Loc. M-Z

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/57
  Date c. 1934
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 33 cm of cards

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

• 'Northern SA Early tribal data'

  Identifier AA 338/15/3
  Date 1920 - 1930, dates on original map. date of copying unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 52.0x69.0 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

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

• Broken Hill (3355)

  Identifier AA 338/18/36
  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'

• JG Breen letter to NB Tindale relating to the distribution and language of Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australian 'tribes'

  Identifier AA 338/26/48/1-10
  Quantity

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

• Nepabunna (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/19
  Date May 1937
  Quantity 2 cm, 7 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.

• Nepabunna, South Australia, 1937. Edit from EC Black Compilation.

  Identifier AA 346/9/12
  Date 22 May 1937 - 3 June 1937, dates of expedition
  Quantity 3 cm, 2 film items. Formats: DVDs

Series AA64/08 - Drafts, notes and research papers relating to unpublished papers in the fields of Australian archaeology and anthropology

• Drafts, notes and research papers relating to unpublished papers in the fields of Australian archeology and anthropology

  Identifier AA 64/8/1-13
  Date c. 1949 - c. 1982, some items are undated
  Quantity 4 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