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 AA1/40 - Photographs captioned Mount Stuart (NT)

• 'Woman & children as I found them no Wurleys or any shelter close to Mount Stuart', 'Illpara Tribe first call 1927 North Tour'

  Identifier AA 1/40/1
  Date 1927
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

• 'Kings Charlie & Johnnie.', 'Illpara Tribe.'

  Identifier AA 1/40/2
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

• 'ILLPARAS', ' ARANDAS', 'Full Muster of Men Section of Tribe on Return Journey May 1927. Mt Stuart Camp.'

  Identifier AA 1/40/3
  Date May 1927
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

• 'Women Illpara Tribe Near Central Mt Stuart 1927'

  Identifier AA 1/40/4
  Date 1927
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

• 'Illparas Arandas', 'Illpara Tribe Full Muster of Woman Section Return Journey May 1927 Mt Stuart.'

  Identifier AA 1/40/5
  Date May 1927
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

• Illapara and Aranda Men.

  Identifier AA 1/40/6
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

Series AA1/42 - Photographs captioned Nappaby Station (NT)

• 'King Billy', 'Men & Boy Section Nappaby Stn. Aranda Luritja & Illpara mixed Tribe. Nov. Dec. 1929.'

  Identifier AA 1/42/1
  Date November 1929 - December 1929
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

• 'Women & Children Section of ARANDA & Luritja Tribes also Illparas At NAPABY STATION N.T. 1929.'

  Identifier AA 1/42/2
  Date 1929
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 photographic print

Series AA1/59 - Photographs captioned Woodforde Creek Station/Woodforde Crossing' (NT)

• 'Woodforde Ck Station 100mls. north Illpara Black boy & his big Brother 1930.'

  Identifier AA 1/59/2
  Date 1930
  Quantity 0.4 cm, 4 photographic prints

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

• 'Expedition G. Expedition to Cockatoo Creek, Central Australia. August 6-27, 1931. Journal and field notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1931'.

  Identifier AA 338/1/7
  Date 6 August 1931 - 27 August 1931, 24 February 1933, notes dated 7 January 1941 and August 1979
  Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 hardcover exercise book, 20.5x25.5 cm, 328 pages, 4 inserts and 11 loose items

• '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 AA338/04 - Copies of journals

• 'Copy of Journal made on Expedition to Yuendumu, Central Australia. 13 August - 1st September 1951. By Norman B. Tindale.'

  Identifier AA 338/4/30
  Date 13 August 1951 - 1 September 1951, June - 1 September 1951
  Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 foolscap Albox folder, 76 pages

• Copy of Expedition to Central Australia. Norman B. Tindale journal. August 1951.

  Identifier AA 338/4/31
  Date 13 August 1951 - 1 September 1951, July 1946, 9 March 1951 - June 1952, 28 November 1955 and 1979
  Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 green vinyl softcover with buckram spine, 21.0x26.1 cm, 310 pages

• 'Expedition to Central Australia. Norman B. Tindale. August 1951'.

  Identifier AA 338/4/32
  Date 13 August 1951 - 1 September 1951, July 1946, 9 March 1951 - June 1952, 28 November 1955 and 1979
  Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 navy blue vinyl softcover with buckram spine, 21.7x26.1 cm, 276 pages

Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals

• Photographs relating to the Cockatoo Creek Expedition, August 1931.

  Identifier AA 338/5/7
  Date 1931, August 1931
  Quantity 18 cm, 4 Albox folders including 1 photograph album

• Photographs relating to Norman Barnett Tindale's journey to Yuendumu, Central Australia, 1951.

  Identifier AA 338/5/18
  Date 1951, August - September 1951
  Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

• Vocabularies

  Identifier AA 338/7/1/1
  Date 1924 - c. 1991
  Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 8.6 cm of cards

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

• Cockatoo Creek (NT) 1931

  Identifier AA 338/11/3/Tracks 1-13
  Date 1931
  Quantity 13 wax cylinders containing 17 songs, 1 access CD

Series AA338/12 - Documentation for speech and sound recordings

• Song records (notebooks)

  Identifier AA 338/12/1
  Date 1930 - 1963
  Quantity 8.5 cm, 1 x type 2 box containing 9 notebooks

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

• Map of Central Australia showing Board for Anthropological Research expedition routes, 1929-1932

  Identifier AA 338/15/5
  Date 1929 - 1932, dates in annotation; map printed 1926
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 82.0x106.0 cm

• Map of Australia showing 'tribal' distribution

  Identifier AA 338/15/67
  Date dates of printing and annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 50.5x68.5 cm

• 'XV/800 Eastern Division' - Western Australia survey map

  Identifier AA 338/15/85
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1920
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 62.0x90.0 cm

• 'Northern Territory of Australia Pastoral Map'

  Identifier AA 338/15/96
  Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1945
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 70.0x100.0 cm

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

  Identifier AA 338/15/102
  Date 1954 - 1959, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.0x78.5 cm

• 'F.5 - Tanami' (Western Australia and Northern Territory) [Map 'II']

  Identifier AA 338/15/107
  Date 1953 - 1964, dates in annotations; map printed 1945
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 54.5x75.0 cm

• 'Newcastle Waters (3221)'

  Identifier AA 338/15/142
  Date 1963 - ?, date in annotation; map printed 1958
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 59.5x86.0 cm

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

• Newcastle Waters (3221)

  Identifier AA 338/18/13
  Date 1969 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Halls Creek (3222)

  Identifier AA 338/18/14
  Date 1958 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Lake Mackay (3231)

  Identifier AA 338/18/19
  Date 1931 - c. 1974, from date of first data collection (from Tindale's title) through approximate period map was used
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm

• Alice Springs (3232)

  Identifier AA 338/18/20
  Date 1959 - 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 338/19/6
  Date 1974 - 1988, from date of publication to last date of annotation
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 89.0x114.0 cm

Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc.

• ' "Nations" as described by early writers.'

  Identifier AA 338/22/35
  Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
  Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm

Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'

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

  Identifier AA 338/26/21
  Date 1957? - 1959?
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page, 2 maps

• RM Berndt map depicting 'Tribal Perspective of Jigalong Aborigines - 1954'

  Identifier AA 338/26/27/1-2
  Date 1964
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 maps

• 'A Short outline of a Nangatara movement out of the western desert of Western Australia'

  Identifier AA 338/26/54/1-2
  Date 10 December 1977
  Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 pages

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

• Macumba (South Australia) and Alice Springs (Northern Territory) anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/8
  Date c. 1926 - c. 1927
  Quantity 60 cm, 3 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Hermannsburg (Northern Territory) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/10
  Date August 1929
  Quantity 15 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• Cockatoo Creek (Northern Territory) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/13
  Date August 1931
  Quantity 5 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm

• The Granites (Northern Territory) sociological and anthropological data cards

  Identifier AA 346/4/18
  Date August 1936
  Quantity 7 cm, 5 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 expeditions, 1926-1966.

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33558.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/1
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33494.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/2
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33109.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/3
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33557.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/4
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33106.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/5
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33492.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/6
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33110.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/7
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 16 cm, 7 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 428534.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/8
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33104.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/9
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33107.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/10
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs Northern Territory, 1926-1927. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33555.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/2/11
  Date 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Hermannsburg, Central Australia [Northern Territory], 1929. 'SAMA Reel R' 16mm copy of 35mm nitrate ['NFSA Title No. 33493.']

  Identifier AA 346/9/3/1-7
  Date 4 August 1929 - 23 August 1929, dates of expedition
  Quantity 16 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Hermannsburg, Central Australia [Northern Territory], 1929. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33113.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/3/8-13
  Date 4 August 1929 - 23 August 1929, dates of expedition
  Quantity 12.5 cm, 6 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Hermannsburg, Central Australia [Northern Territory], 1929. Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 34105.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/3/14-17
  Date 4 August 1929 - 23 August 1929, dates of expedition
  Quantity 9 cm, 4 film items. Formats: Betacams, DVDs

• Cockatoo Creek, Central Australia [Northern Territory], 1931. SAMA and Copy of 'NFSA Title No. 33556.'

  Identifier AA 346/9/5
  Date 6 August 1931 - 27 August 1931, dates of expedition
  Quantity 39.7 cm, 27 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• The Granites, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 1936.

  Identifier AA 346/9/11/1-22
  Date 6 August 1936 - 27 August 1936, dates of expedition
  Quantity 44 cm, 22 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Additional footage from The Granites, Northern Territory, 1936. Edit from EC Black Compilation.

  Identifier AA 346/9/11/23-24
  Date 6 August 1936 - 27 August 1936, dates of expedition
  Quantity 3 cm, 2 film items. Formats: DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'So They Did Eat' 1953.

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/3
  Date August 1953 - August 1953, date of production
  Quantity 30 cm, 11 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'The Boomerang' 1958

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/4
  Date August 1958, date of expedition
  Quantity 30 cm, 11 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'The Woomera' 1958.

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/5
  Date August 1958, date of expedition
  Quantity 37 cm, 13 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'Aboriginal Stone Axes' 1963.

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/7
  Date 20 May 1963 - 9 June 1963, date of expedition
  Quantity 30 cm, 14 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'Palya: Preparing Spinifex Gum' 1963.

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/8
  Date 20 May 1963 - 9 June 1963, date of expedition
  Quantity 26.5 cm, 14 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'Aboriginal Hair String' 1963.

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/10
  Date 20 May 1963 - 9 June 1963, date of expedition
  Quantity 33.5 cm, 12 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

• Yuendumu, Central Australia [Northern Territory] 'Ngoora: The Camping Place' 1965.

  Identifier AA 346/9/15/11
  Date 13 August 1965 - 28 August 1965, date of expedition
  Quantity 54.5 cm, 18 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs

Series AA357/02 - Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

• Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

  Identifier AA 357/2/60/33
  Date 1930
  Quantity 0.1 cm,

Series AA52/02 - Correspondence

• Correspondence

  Identifier AA 52/2
  Date 1922 - 1967
  Quantity 17 cm,

Series AA676/05 - Photographs, negatives and other illustrations

• Photographs from South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.

  Identifier AA 676/5/19
  Date c. 1860 - c. 1980
  Quantity 44 cm, 1 album in an archive box

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

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