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 AA207/1 - 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe'

• 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe'

  Identifier AA 207/1
  Date December 1933, dated by NB Tindale
  Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 1 original typescript and 1 retyped copy

Series AA207/2 - Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region

• Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region

  Identifier AA 207/2/1-2
  Date 1933 - 1935
  Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 letters

Series AA26/01 - 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula'

• 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula'

  Identifier AA 26/1/1-2
  Date 1920 - 1952
  Quantity 1 cm, 2 original manuscript and carbon copy

Series AA266/25 - Translation of Volumes I to XIII of Reuther's Manuscript by Philipp Scherer

• 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIA) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer'

  Identifier AA 266/25/10/1-144
  Date 1976
  Quantity 3.5 cm, 144 A4 pages

• 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIB) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' & 'ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE PLACE-NAMES Arranged by the Translator'

  Identifier AA 266/25/11/1-399
  Date 1978
  Quantity 4 cm, 399 A4 pages

Series AA290/02 - Photographs - Australian Aboriginal Culture

• 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea'

  Identifier AA290/2/2/1
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print

• 'Mickie Aboriginal boy 16 years from Ooldea East West line'

  Identifier AA290/2/2/2
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print

• Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie

  Identifier AA290/2/2/3
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print

• 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea'

  Identifier AA290/2/2/4
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print

• Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie

  Identifier AA290/2/2/5
  Date 12/07/1926
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print

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

• 'Field Notes and Journal on the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba on the West Coast of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. August 1928. Adelaide, S. Australia'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/5
  Date 10 June 1926 - 28 August 1928, 5 February 1932, 1 May 1987
  Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x28.0 cm, 134 pages, 1 insert, 16 loose items

• 'Visits to Ooldea, S. Aust. to study the Aborigines by Norman B. Tindale in 1934 and 1951. Adelaide. S. Australia.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/13
  Date 2 October 1934 - 29 April 1951, Oct-Nov 1934 & April 1951; additional notes from 1935, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1970, 1984
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.0x27.0 cm, 482 pages, 5 inserts 1 loose item and 1 pocket of photographs

• '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

• '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

• 'Journal of Visit to the Rawlinson Range area in the Great Western Desert by Norman B. Tindale. 24 October - 25 November 1963'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/26
  Date 24 October 1963 - 25 November 1963, 21 Nov 1961-1964, 31 August 1965, 19-20 Sept 1969, 9 April 1970, 4 April 1981, 10 Dec 1987
  Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.3x26.2 cm, 353 pages with 6 inserts and 1 loose item

• '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 Coastal tribes of the Western Part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum. (incomplete) 1928 mss unpublished.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/30
  Date 1 July 1896 - 31 October 1983, 1 July 1896, October 1927, 1928, September 1935, 1945, 1977, 19 April 1980, 31 October 1983
  Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 red hard cover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm, 62 single sided pages and a pocket with 68 loose items

• '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

• 'Entomology and General Field Trips by Norman B Tindale. 1964-1965. Adelaide, S. Australia'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/43/3
  Date 13 October 1964 - November 1965, 1829; 1982
  Quantity 6.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.2x26.2cm, 766 pages with 3 inserts and 3 loose items

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

• Copy of Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum (incomplete) 1928 ms. Unpublished.

  Identifier AA 338/4/46
  Date 1928 - September 1977, 1928, September 1935, September 1977
  Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 green hardcover book, 21.7x27.9cm, 48 single sided pages

Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals

• Photographs relating to the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba, August 1928.

  Identifier AA 338/5/05
  Date 1926 - 1928, November 1926; August 1928
  Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders

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

• 'Pitjandjara'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/15
  Date 1928 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 1.6 cm of cards and approx. 2.8 cm of paper slips

• 'Place Names: S.E. of S. Australia for Geo Names Board, Adelaide'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/43
  Date c. 1924 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 16.7 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

• Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/3
  Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 27.5 cm of cards

• Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/4
  Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards

• Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/5
  Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 25.5 cm of cards

• Pitjandjara, South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/6
  Date 1931 - c. 1966
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards

• 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

• 'Vocabulary, Pitjantjatjara - English'

  Identifier AA 338/8/9
  Date 1933 - 1965, typed in 1963, with annotations 1963-65
  Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 cardboard bound volume, 103pp.

• Vocabulary of the Wirrangu and Kukata languages

  Identifier AA 338/8/14
  Date 1925 - 1929, wordlist prepared in 1929
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 foolscap Albox folder, 13pp. typescript with ink annotations

• Bird Names gathered by Norman B. Tindale 1928-1929

  Identifier AA 338/8/15
  Date 1929
  Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 notebook (18.7x23.7 cm), containing 62 handwritten paper slips

• Parallel Vocabularies

  Identifier AA 338/8/20
  Date 1934 - c. 1976
  Quantity 44 cm, 1 type 10.1 box

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• Mann & Musgraves Ranges (SA) 1933

  Identifier AA 338/11/6/Tracks 1-33
  Date 1933
  Quantity 34 wax cylinders, 1 access CD

• Gerard (SA) 1964

  Identifier AA 338/11/27/CDs 1-4
  Date 1964
  Quantity 4 x 5 inch magnetic tapes, 4 access CDs

Series AA338/12 - Documentation for speech and sound recordings

• Song records (notebooks)

  Identifier AA 338/12/1
  Date 1930 - 1963
  Quantity 8.5 cm, 1 x type 2 box containing 9 notebooks

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 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 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 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm

• Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds

  Identifier AA 338/15/16
  Date 1933 - 1934
  Quantity 1 map, 66.5x94.3cm

• Map of Nullarbor Plains, South Australia and northern surrounds

  Identifier AA 338/15/22
  Date 1934 - 1965, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 1 map, 91.0x141.0 cm

• Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds (Photocopy of original)

  Identifier AA 338/15/26
  Date 1933 - 1934
  Quantity 1 map, 73.0x104.0 cm

• Map of Australia showing 'tribal' distribution

  Identifier AA 338/15/67
  Date dates of printing and annotation unknown
  Quantity 1 map, 50.5x68.5 cm

• 'Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia' (Sheet 3)

  Identifier AA 338/15/94
  Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931
  Quantity 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm

• 'H.6 - Coober Pedy' (South Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/97
  Date 1933 - 1957, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
  Quantity 1 map, 53.0x76.5 cm

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

• Petermann Ranges (3344)

  Identifier AA 338/18/28
  Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1959
  Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Nullarbor Plain (3353)

  Identifier AA 338/18/34
  Date 1933 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963
  Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Tarcoola (3354)

  Identifier AA 338/18/35
  Date 1928 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963
  Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

Series AA338/19 - Maps - 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia', published 1974

• 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. 1974'

  Identifier AA 338/19/5
  Date 1974, date of publication
  Quantity 1 map, 89.0x114.0 cm

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

• ' "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

Series AA338/41 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 14

• 'PHYSICAL TYPES'

  Identifier AA 338/41/58
  Date 22 October 1965
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'KOKATA TR Tarcoola S Aust.'

  Identifier AA 338/41/417
  Date 1926
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/43 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 16

• 'KOKATA TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/43/250
  Date 22 october 1965
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/45 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 18

• DECORATION

  Identifier AA 338/45/135
  Date 1926
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'KOKATA TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/45/136
  Date 1926
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/49 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 22

• 'KOKATA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/49/107
  Date 1926
  Quantity

• 'KOKATA TR.

  Identifier AA 338/49/108
  Date August 1928
  Quantity

• 'KOKATA TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/49/109
  Date August 1928
  Quantity

• 'KOKATA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/49/110
  Date August 1928
  Quantity

• 'KOKATA TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/49/111
  Date 1930
  Quantity

• 'KOKATA TRIBE Youths ft.'

  Identifier AA 338/49/391
  Date 1926
  Quantity

Series AA346/03 - Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions, 1923-1939.

• Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions

  Identifier AA 346/3/1-14
  Date 1923 - 1939
  Quantity 30 cm, 5 A3 Albox folders

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

• 'South Australia Unnumbered' data cards

  Identifier AA346/4/2
  Date c. 1927 - c. 1932, most cards are undated
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Mount Eba (South Australia) anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/6
  Date 1923 - c. 1937
  Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Koonibba (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/9
  Date August 1928
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 3 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

• 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 AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions, 1926-1966.

• Koonibba, South Australia, 1928.

  Identifier AA 346/9/28
  Date 13 August 1928 - 25 August 1928, dates of expedition
  Quantity 6 cm, 4 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA346/22 - Crayon drawings of 'native maps' relating to the University of California Los Angeles expedition to Western Australia, 1953-1954.

• 'R1041 Peter'

  Identifier AA 346/22/16
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'Ngardi Tribe Map by Nangamara at Balgo Mission J.B. Birdsell Aug. 1954 (Copied by NB. Tindale)'

  Identifier AA 346/22/26
  Date August 1954
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

Series AA346/31 - Photographs taken at Koonibba, 1928, Expedition D

• Foliage used to gather dew for water use

  Identifier AA 346/31/8
  Date August 1928
  Quantity 1 negative

Series AA362/01 - Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork

• Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork

  Identifier AA 362/1/1-19
  Date 1961 - 1981
  Quantity 18 cm, 1 type 1.1 box

Series AA62/01 - Correspondence and manuscript relating to Australian Aboriginal mythology and ceremonies as well as a hand drawn map

• Correspondence and manuscript relating to Australian Aboriginal mythology and ceremonies as well as a hand drawn map

  Identifier AA 62/1
  Date 1931 - 1932
  Quantity 5 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

• 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

Series AA824/02 - Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography

• Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography

  Identifier AA 824/2/1-15
  Date 1926 - 1930
  Quantity 3 cm,