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 AA23/01 - Correspondence relating to Australian Anthropology

• Letters to Hale, Tindale and Cleland

  Identifier AA23/1/3/1-15
  Date 1930 - 1935
  Quantity 1 cm,

Series AA23/04 - Linguistic data

• 'Vocabulary of Central Australian Tribes'

  Identifier AA23/4/1/3
  Date c. 1931 - c. 1932
  Quantity

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

• '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 North West of South Australia and adjacent parts of Western Australia by Norman B. Tindale. April-May 1957'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/22/1
  Date 23 April 1957 - 1 June 1957, 1902, c1907, 1928-1930s with gaps, 1940, 1950-1969 with gaps, 2721977
  Quantity 4.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.9 cm, 470 pages with 7 inserts and 2 loose items

• '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 AA338/08 - 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.

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

• 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

• '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

• 'H.5 - Forrest' (Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/111
  Date 1934 - 1935, dates in annotations; map printed 1944
  Quantity 1 map, 55.5x75.5 cm

• Hand-drawn map of Central Australian tribes

  Identifier AA 338/15/233/1-2
  Quantity 2 27.3x37.5 cm

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

• 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

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 5 pages

• Ronald Murray Berndt maps depicting 'The Western Desert Area of Australia' and 'Tribal Perspective of Jigalong Aborigines-1957'

  Identifier AA 338/26/20
  Date 1957? - 1959?
  Quantity 1 page, 2 maps

Series AA338/41 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 14

• 'NGALEA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/41/60
  Date 21 October 1965
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/43 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 16

• 'S. AUSTRALIA'

  Identifier AA 338/43/248
  Date 27 April 1951
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'S. AUSTRALIA Ooldea Soak'

  Identifier AA 338/43/265
  Date April 1951
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'S. AUSTRALIA Ooldea Ngalea Tr.'

  Identifier AA 338/43/313
  Date 27 April 1951
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/45 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 18

• 'S. AUSTRALIA'

  Identifier AA 338/45/33
  Date 27 April 1951
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'NGALEA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/45/58
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'NGALEA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/45/59
  Date 19 October 1965
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/46 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 19

• 'STONE IMLEMENT'

  Identifier AA 338/46/144
  Date 22 October 1965
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

Series AA338/48 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 21

• 'NGALEA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/48/76
  Date 22 October 1964
  Quantity

Series AA338/49 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 22

• 'NGALEA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/49/113
  Date 22 October 1964
  Quantity

• 'NGALEA TR'

  Identifier AA 338/49/114
  Date 30 October 1964
  Quantity

• 'Ngalea Tribe'

  Identifier AA 338/49/115
  Quantity

• 'NGALEA TR'

  Identifier AA 338/49/117
  Date 19 October 1965
  Quantity

• 'NGALEA TRIBES'

  Identifier AA 338/49/118
  Date 19 October 1965
  Quantity

• 'NGALEA TR.'

  Identifier AA 338/49/119
  Date 19 October 1969
  Quantity

• 'NGALEA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/49/120
  Date 21 October 1965
  Quantity

• 'ABORIGINAL INFANT'

  Identifier AA 338/49/149
  Date 27 April 1951
  Quantity

• 'S. AUSTRALIA Newly born fullblood'

  Identifier AA 338/49/150
  Date 27 April 1951
  Quantity

• 'ABORIGINAL INFANTS Ooldea, S. Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/49/153
  Date 27 April 1951
  Quantity

• 'S. AUSTRALIA Yalata'

  Identifier AA 338/49/234
  Date 28 October 1964
  Quantity

Series AA338/71 - Professions and Personal - Slides Volume 44

• 'ANTHROPOLOGIST GREENWAY, DR. JOHN'

  Identifier AA 338/71/12
  Date 14 October 1965
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'TINDALE NORMAN BARNETT'

  Identifier AA 338/71/327
  Date 28 August 1988
  Quantity

• 'TINDALE NORMAN BARNETT'

  Identifier AA 338/71/328
  Date 28 August 1988
  Quantity

• 'TINDALE NORMAN BARNETT'

  Identifier AA 338/71/337
  Date 29 August 1988
  Quantity

• 'TINDALE NORMAN BARNETT'

  Identifier AA 338/71/339
  Date 28 August 1988
  Quantity

• 'TINDALE NORMAN BARNETT'

  Identifier AA 338/71/
  Date 28 August 1988
  Quantity

• 'TINDALE NORMAN BARNETT'

  Identifier AA 338/71/342
  Date 28 August 1988
  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.

• Ooldea (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/7
  Date 1926 - c. 1937
  Quantity 2 cm, 2 card series, I series of paper slips; cards and slips 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Mann Range (South Australia) and Ernabella (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/15
  Date May 1933 - August 1933
  Quantity 54 cm, 7 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• 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.

• Wilgena and Ooldea, South Australia, 1926. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 34189.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/1/1-6
  Date 7 May 1926 - 21 May 1926, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Wilgena and Ooldea, South Australia, 1926. 'SAMA Reel K.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/1/7-13
  Date 7 May 1926 - 21 May 1926, dates of expedition
  Quantity 16 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Wilgena and Ooldea, South Australia, 1926. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33554.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/1/14-19
  Date 7 May 1926 - 21 May 1926, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Mann Range, Central Australia [South Australia], 1933.

  Identifier AA 346/9/7
  Date 25 May 1933 - 6 August 1933, dates of expedition
  Quantity 54 cm, 30 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Ernabella, South Australia, 1933.

  Identifier AA 346/9/8/1-20,35-42
  Date 7 August 1933 - 24 August 1933, dates of expedition
  Quantity 50.5 cm, 28 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Ernabella Ceremonies, South Australia, 1933.

  Identifier AA 346/9/8/21-34,43-48
  Date 7 August 1933 - 24 August 1933, dates of expedition
  Quantity 37 cm, 20 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA346/23 - Crayon drawings relating to the Haast Bluff expedition, Northern Territory, 1956.

• 'Haast Bluff C. Austr. 15 Aug 1956 Rongkaru NW from here beyond Wirbaruku Walunguru is South of Rongkaru Pulkabarlu. Ngalea Tr.'

  Identifier AA 346/23/1/2
  Date 15 August 1956
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'Mick Ngamarari Pintubi Tr Y8 16 Aug 1956 Haast Bluff C. Austr.'

  Identifier AA 346/23/1/12
  Date 16 August 1956
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'Banjo Y14 Ngalea Tr. 17 Aug 1956 Haast Bluff C. Austr.'

  Identifier AA 346/23/1/20
  Date 22 August 1956
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 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