TGH (Ted) Strehlow was a linguist born on Hermannsburg Lutheran mission in central Australia. His German born-parents were Carl who was in charge of the mission, and Frieda (Friedericke). Ted's fiveolder siblings were taken back to Germany in 1910-11, leaving Ted as the sole child living with his parents in Australia. His father died in 1922 (described by TGH in his book Journey to Horseshoe Bend), and he and his mother moved to Adelaide. He studied literature at the University of Adelaide. In 1932 Ted, encouraged by Professor of Classics, JA FitzHerbert, won a research grant to return to central Australia to study Arrernte which he spoke as a child and collect lingustic and ethnological data. Strehlow returned to central Australia in 1935-36. This time mentored by AP Elkin he was awarded a 2 year fellowship as well as participating in a federal inquiry into the maltreatment of Aborigines in central Australia. In December 1935 he married Bertha (nee James) and they had 3 children. The periods 1932-3, 1935-6 are covered by the documents in this collection. Strehlow continued his research on Arrernte (Aranda) language and culture throughout his life. In 1968 Strehlow left Bertha and married Kathleen in 1972 with whom he had a son, Carl. Controversially Carl auctioned some of his father's artefacts in 1999. Much of Strehlow's collection was purchased by the Northern Territory government and the Strehlow Research Centre in Alice Springs was established to house it.