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

• 'Anthropological Field Notes on the University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia. Volume II. Pp.692a-1250'

  Identifier AA 338/1/19/2
  Date 15 July 1953 - 30 October 1953, 1953-55, 1 Oct 1958, 1961, 1964-65, 1979, 1981-82
  Quantity 5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.1x26.8 cm,

• 'Anthropological Field Notes on the University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia. Index and Appendices. 1953. Volume III'

  Identifier AA 338/1/19/3
  Date 1952 - 1954, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
  Quantity 4.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 23.0x26.4cm, 538 pages, 4 inserts and 2 loose items

Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals

• Photographs relating to University of Adelaide and University of California Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1952 - 1954.

  Identifier AA 338/5/19
  Date 1952 - 1954, 1952-1954
  Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders

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 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 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

• 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)

• 'Vacuum Road Guide Western Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/15/62
  Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown
  Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.0 cm

• 'E4 - Broome' (Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/101
  Date 1954, date in annotation; map printed 1945
  Quantity 1 map, 55.0x74.5 cm

• 'E.5 - Hall's Creek' (Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/102
  Date 1954 - 1959, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
  Quantity 1 map, 55.0x78.5 cm

• 'Sheet 16 - Broome' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/119
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
  Quantity 1 map, 74.0x95.0 cm

• 'Sheet 17 - Halls Creek' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

  Identifier AA 338/15/120
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1945
  Quantity 1 map, 76.0x97.5 cm

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

• Broome (3223)

  Identifier AA 338/18/15
  Date 1965 - 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

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

• Sketch map showing 'tribes' in the King Sound coastal region of Western Australia

  Identifier AA 338/23/6
  Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
  Quantity 1 map, 40.0x54.5 cm

• Sketch map showing 'tribes' in the King Sound coastal region of Western Australia

  Identifier AA 338/23/7
  Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
  Quantity 1 map, 33.5x51.0 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 3 pages

Series AA338/42 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 15

• 'N.W . AUSTRALIA NJIKENA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/42/106
  Date 2 September 1953
  Quantity 1 35mm colour slide

• 'NW AUSTRALIA NJIKENA TRIBE'

  Identifier AA 338/42/145
  Date 3 September 1953
  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

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

• '23 May 1953 Pilgangoora Well Camp N.W.A. R. Larry Mangala Tribe c50yrs'

  Identifier AA 346/22/42
  Date 23 May 1953
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'Dickie Kobaro Mangala Tribe R.657 born at Kanabira 11 Jun 1953'

  Identifier AA 346/22/46
  Date 11 June 1953
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'N.W.A Tribal Distribution As of 1953 Data from Bob Tjanjaga Ngadi x Mangala raved as Njjigana Tribe Mr Beharrels driver data at La Grange NWA. 24 July 1953'

  Identifier AA 346/22/95
  Date 24 July 1953 - 24 July 1953
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• '28 Aug 1953 Paddy Leopold nn Mandjili Punaba Tribe and Tom Spring nn. Ta:mara Punaba Tribe'

  Identifier AA 346/22/100
  Date 1953
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

• 'Boxer Janggar 35 yrs born at Tanggu or vicinity Walmadjari country of Tjanggardi class.'

  Identifier AA 346/22/104
  Date 28 August 1953
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm

Series AA689/01 - Bound volumes of expedition journals, notes, anthropometric and morphometric data on Australian and foreign collections and blood grouping data.

• 'Isogenic Analysis'

  Identifier AA 689/1/6
  Date c. 1952 - c. 1954, Date of related expedition, dates of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 Faded blue hard-bound notebook with gray binding, 46pp., 31x20 cm

• 'Serology 2'

  Identifier AA 689/1/7/2
  Date c. 1952 - c. 1954, Date of related expedition, dates of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 Faded blue hard-bound notebook with red binding, 44pp., 31.8x20.2 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