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

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)

• 'South Australia showing Native Tribes'

  Identifier AA 338/15/4
  Date c. 1929 - c. 1930, approximate date range of data
  Quantity 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm

• 'New England and Northern Tablelands District Map' (New South Wales)

  Identifier AA 338/15/176
  Date 1982, date of printing
  Quantity 1 map, 44.0x58.0 cm

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

• Armidale (3357)

  Identifier AA 338/18/38
  Date 1966 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc.

• 'Stone Axe Data'

  Identifier AA 338/22/3
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm

• ' "Nations" as described by early writers.'

  Identifier AA 338/22/35
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm

• 'Spear thrower grip'

  Identifier AA 338/22/49
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date unknown
  Quantity 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm

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

• 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 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