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

• 'Murray River Notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1930-1952. Adelaide, South Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/1/31/1
  Date 7 November 1932 - 23 November 1952, 13 July 1853, 1863, c1870-80, 1926-1927, 1929-1939, 1941, 3 June 1945, November 1952, 12 July 1973
  Quantity 3.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.8 cm, 364 pages with 2 inserts and 2 loose items

• 'Journal of Researches in the South East of S. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Volume 1. 1931-1934 with some earlier notes copied in'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/33/1
  Date 1931 - 1934, 30 July 1925, 2 July 1927, November 1930 - 16 April 1937 with gaps, 25 March 1940, 1976
  Quantity 3.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x26.9cm, 374 pages

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• 'Vocabularies: Erawirung, Jarildekald'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/6
  Date c. 1934 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 12.5 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: S.E. of S. Aust., A - Ko'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/18
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 6.7 cm of cards

• 'Vocabularies M - P'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/19
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 12.8 cm of cards

• 'Vocabulary: S.E. of S. Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/20
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 13.3 cm of cards

• 'English of S.E. of S.A. Vocabularies'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/21
  Date 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 29.4 cm of cards

• 'Vocabularies: Victoria, N.S.W.'

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/24
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 15.1 cm of cards

• Population, Wirangu, Aranda + Odd

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/25
  Date 1930 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 11.3 cm of cards

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• 'J Mason series [1964]; Milerum; Jarildekald; Tanganekald'

  Identifier AA 338/11/34/Tapes 1-18, CDs 1-5
  Date 1932 - 1964
  Quantity 14 x magnetic tape reels; 3 x cassettes; 3pp x A4 notes, 5 access CDs

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

• 'Vacuum Road Guide to Victoria'

  Identifier AA 338/15/53
  Date 1940, date in annotation; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x76.0 cm

• 'Victoria'

  Identifier AA 338/15/169
  Date c. 1979 - c. 1980, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x75.0 cm

Series AA338/16 - Maps - South East of South Australia

• 'N B Tindale's earliest field notes on S. A. aborigines afterwards widely extended approx. 1920 - 1930'

  Identifier AA 338/16/1
  Date 1920 - 1972, dates in annotations; map printed 1912
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 53.0x70.0 cm

• Map of central South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/16/4
  Date c. 1935 - ?, date of annotation and printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 61.0x91.0 cm

• Map of central South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/16/5
  Date c. 1935 - ?, date of annotation and printing unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 61.0x85.5 cm

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

• Adelaide (3458)

  Identifier AA 338/18/41
  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 AA338/19 - Maps - 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia', published 1974

• 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. 1974'

  Identifier AA 338/19/8
  Date 1974, date of publication
  Quantity 1 cm, 1 map, 89.0x114.0 cm

Series AA338/23 - Maps - Sketch maps showing Aboriginal 'tribes'

• Sketch map showing 'tribes' in southeastern South Australia

  Identifier AA 338/23/5
  Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.5x45.0 cm

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

• 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