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

• '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

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 AA338/08 - 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)

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

  Identifier AA 338/15/80
  Date map printed 1933
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x107.0 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'

• 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

• 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

• Meekatharra (3346)

  Identifier AA 338/18/31
  Date 1964 - 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 Philip Jud Epling to NB Tindale relating to the distribution of Western Australian and South Australian 'tribes'

  Identifier AA 338/26/6/1-5
  Date 1 February 1952
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 5 pages

• Letter from NB Tindale to Ian Mackay providing amendments to Mackay's proposed map of 'tribal distribution' for exhibition

  Identifier AA 338/26/23/1-3
  Date 24 December 1959
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 pages

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