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 AA105/02 - Papers relating to the social organisation of Australian Aboriginal people

• Eighteen genealogical patterns

  Identifier AA 105/2/7/1-18
  Date 1934?
  Quantity 6 cm, 18 quarto sheets.

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

• '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,

• '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

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 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 AA338/15 - 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

• '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

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 AA338/23 - 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 AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963.

• 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

• '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

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