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. I.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/15/1
  Date 14 October 1936 - 1978?, 14 October 1936-26 October 1939, 1950s, 26 March 1968, 1978
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22x26.5 cm, 799 pages, 27 inserts, 1 loose item

• 'Visit to Bentinck and Mornington Islands, Queensland by Norman B. Tindale. 1960'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/23
  Date 22 April 1960 - 13 June 1960, 11 July 1903, December 1947, 17 February 1960 - 1964, 1980
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 buckram bound journal, 21.5x26.8cm, 508 pages with 3 loose items and 5 inserts

• 'Journal of Visit to the Gulf of Carpentaria by Norman B Tindale. 1963.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/25
  Date 24 April 1963 - 30 July 1963, 3 September 1962 - 30 August 1963, 1965, 26 May 1976 and 1981
  Quantity 6 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.2x26.2 cm, 702 pages with 2 inserts

• 'Norman B. Tindale. Barrinean Journal 1938 and Visit to Palm Island 1963.'

  Identifier AA 338/1/37
  Date 1938 - 1963, 11 July 1903, 21 August-13 November, December 1938, June & July 1962, 22-29 July 1963
  Quantity 6.8 cm, 1 buckram bound journal, 26.5x22.5cm, 3 loose items

• 'Tja:pukai Grammar, Kuranda Queensland and Research Notes on Queensland Tribes by Norman B. Tindale. 1938-1960+'

  Identifier AA 338/1/38
  Date 1901 - 1974, 1901, 1938-1974 with gaps
  Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 19.3x23.7cm, 310 pages with 4 inserts and 2 loose items

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• Queensland Tribes A-Kon, Native

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/33
  Date 1938 - c. 1963
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35.5 cm of cards

• Queensland Tribes Kon-Tal, Native

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/34
  Date 1938 - c. 1963
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35.5 cm of cards

• Queensland Tribes Native, Tam-W

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/35
  Date 1938 - c. 1963
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 18 cm of cards

• Queensland Tribes A-R, Native

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/36
  Date 1938 - c. 1963
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 31 cm of cards

• Queensland Tribes T-Z, Native

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/37
  Date 1938 - c. 1963
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 10.5 cm of cards

• Lardil, Mornington Island, QLD

  Identifier AA 338/7/2/40
  Date 1960
  Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 30.5 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

• Queensland Vocabularies, 1960-63

  Identifier AA 338/8/19
  Date 1960 - 1963
  Quantity 17.3 cm, 1 type 1.1 box

• Parallel Vocabularies

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

• 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

• Mornington Island (Qld) Series 1960

  Identifier AA 338/11/17/CDs 1-7
  Date 1960
  Quantity 7 x 5 inch magnetic tapes, 7 access CDs

• Bentinck Island (Qld) Series 1960

  Identifier AA 338/11/18/CDs 1-8
  Date 1960
  Quantity 8 x 5 inch magnetic tapes, 8 access CDs

• Gulf of Carpentaria Expedition 1963

  Identifier AA 338/11/22/CDs 1-34
  Date 1963
  Quantity 28 x 3 inch & 6 x 5 inch reels, 34 access CDs

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

• 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 2.'

  Identifier AA 338/15/41
  Date 1938 - 1939, dates in annotation; map printed 1937
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x101.5 cm

• 'Mornington Island. Queensland'

  Identifier AA 338/15/139
  Date 1960, date in annotation; map printed c1951
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 47.0x75.0 cm

• 'Normanton (3220)'

  Identifier AA 338/15/141
  Date c. 1960 - c. 1963, date range of related journals; map printed 1957
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 59.5x86.0 cm

• 'Mornington Island. Queensland'

  Identifier AA 338/15/143
  Date 1963, date in annotation; map printed c1951
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 91.0x147.0 cm

• 'Mornington Island. Queensland'

  Identifier AA 338/15/144
  Date 1963, date in annotation; map printed c1951
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 94.5x144.5 cm

• 'Geological Plan of Mornington Island. Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland'

  Identifier AA 338/15/145
  Date 1963, date in annotation; map printed 1959
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 79.5x132.5 cm

• 'Geological Plan of Mornington Island. Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland'

  Identifier AA 338/15/146
  Date 1963, date in annotation; map printed 1959
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 80.0x132.0 cm

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

• Normanton (3220)

  Identifier AA 338/18/12
  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'

• 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 AA338/39 - Australian Anthropology - Slides volume 12

• 'PAINTINGS Story of Toato and Buldugu Mornington I Qu'

  Identifier AA 338/39/230
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/40 - Australian Anthropology - Slides volume 13

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/128
  Date 30 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/133
  Date 1 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'IMPLEMENTS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/134
  Date 1 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR'

  Identifier AA 338/40/135
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDI:L TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/270
  Date June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/271
  Date 5 July 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'ROCK CARVINGS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/272
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CAMPS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/273
  Date 19 May 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/274
  Date 25 May 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDI:L TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/40/275
  Date 27 June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/278
  Date 4 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'ROCK CARVINGS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/281
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'FOOD'

  Identifier AA 338/40/284
  Date 17 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'FOOD'

  Identifier AA 338/40/285
  Date 17 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'TECHNOLOGY'

  Identifier AA 338/40/295
  Date 4 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'TECHNOLOGY'

  Identifier AA 338/40/296
  Date 4 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/297
  Date 30 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/298
  Date 30 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/299
  Date 30 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/300
  Date 30 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDI:L TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/40/302
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDI:L TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/40/303
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDI:L TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/304
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDI:L TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/40/305
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/310
  Date 28 June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/311
  Date 28 June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/312
  Date 28 June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'STONE IMPLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/40/313
  Date 28 June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'QUEENSLAND'

  Identifier AA 338/40/314
  Date 29 June 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/315
  Date 30 April 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/316
  Date 30 April 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/317
  Date 3 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/318
  Date 3 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/319
  Date 3 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/320
  Date 3 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'TJURUNGA'

  Identifier AA 338/40/321
  Date 22 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/322
  Date 22 May 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/323
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/324
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/325
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/326
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/327
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/328
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CEREMONIES'

  Identifier AA 338/40/329
  Date 4 June 1960
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/330
  Date 25 May 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/331
  Date 5 July 1963
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'BARK PAINTING'

  Identifier AA 338/40/332
  Date 27 September 1962
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'BARK PAINTING'

  Identifier AA 338/40/334
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'BARK PAINTING'

  Identifier AA 338/40/335
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'BARK PAINTING'

  Identifier AA 338/40/336
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'PIGMENTS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/337
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CHARMS'

  Identifier AA 38/40/338
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CHARMS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/339
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CHARMS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/340
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CHARMS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/341
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CHARMS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/342
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'CHARMS'

  Identifier AA 338/40/343
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'LARDIIL TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/40/344
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

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

• Bentinck and Mornington Island (Queensland) anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/23
  Date 16 May 1960 - 2 June 1960
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Mornington Isand (Queensland) anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/24
  Date 16 May 1963 - 25 June 1963
  Quantity 4 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

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

• Bentinck and Mornington Islands, Queensland, 1960.

  Identifier AA 346/9/20
  Date 27 April 1960 - 12 June 1960, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Gulf of Carpentaria [Mornington, Bentinck and Palm Islands] Queensland, 1963.

  Identifier AA 346/9/22
  Date 19 July 1963 - 30 July 1963, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA346/25 - Crayon drawings relating to the Bentinck Island, Forsyth Island, Mornington Island, Sydney Island and Allen Island expedition, Queensland, 1960.

• 'Darwin, 12 May 60'

  Identifier AA 346/25/1
  Date 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'Desmond 13 May 1960'

  Identifier AA 346/25/12
  Date 13 May 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing 36x53.5 cm

• 'Lardil Tribe Warabadjau of Ngamuringin, South side Mornington I. English name Jacko (Jacob) Buranji c55yrs age'

  Identifier AA 346/25/14
  Date 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing 36x53.5 cm

• 'Langongandji Map of Sydney Island by Lindsay Roughsey Mornington Island 30 May 1960 showing the dolnoro on hunting turtles of two hordes of the Lardil Tribe'.

  Identifier AA 346/25/17
  Date 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing 36x53.5 cm

• 'Painter is Lindsay (Buroru) Buralangi of Langongandji = Sydney I. Larumbandu (swb tribe) Lardil Tribe Mornington I. Story of Toatu and buldugu at Min:ala'

  Identifier AA 346/25/18
  Date 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing 36x53.5 cm

• 'Map by Lindsay Roughsey Buralangi Lardil Tribe of NE side of Sydney Island Mornington Island 30 May 1960'

  Identifier AA 346/25/19
  Date 30 May 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing 36x53.5 cm

• '10 May 1960 Woraltjipala, Kangkurumungkelein (Gully) Peters Kamarangi skin born at Ngantale N side Lardil Tr. Mornington I.'

  Identifier AA 346/25/22
  Date 1960
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing 36x53.5 cm

Series AA689/03 - Professional and personal correspondence

• Letter from S Keen to JB Birdsell, 19 January 1971

  Identifier AA 689/3/4/9
  Date 19 January 1971
  Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 archive manila folder, 24.3x35.5 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