The Adelaide University Field Expedition to Macumba, South Australia and Stuart Town (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, during 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927.

Expedition personnel & roles:

• Thomas Draper Campbell - leader (Physical anthropology) (AA 52),

• William Ray (Physiology & pathology)

• John Burton Cleland (Blood grouping, pathology, botanical work) (AA 60),

• CJ Hackett (Physical anthropology) (AA122)

• Edward Harold Davies (Songs & music) (AA 70),

• FA Jeffery (Cinematography) (AA 155),

• Edward Wheewall Holden (Transport, Climatological records, assistant to physical anthropology) (AA135)

The expedition party made base camps at 'Ross Waterhole, on Macumba Station, and about 40 miles north-east of Oodnadatta; [and] Stuart Town, [Alice Springs] Central Australia.'

Further reading:

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol 51 (1927), pages 65-92.

CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL

Photographs

• Photographs by CJ Hackett of the Macumba expedition while a member of the Adelaide University Field Expedition 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927.

• Photographs were removed from album wallet (see AA 122/08/3). The index as per the album wallet records that the first 100 are of Macumba and 101-200 relate to Alice Springs.

• Photographs that have been matched with a negative will share the same series number.

• Photographs 130 - 138 are oversized photographs and are located in the map drawer in Archives.

• Negatives - Nitrate

• Nitrate negatives for the majority of photographs have been matched/sighted and will share the same series/inventory number.

• Nitrate negatives not matched with photographs but identified as belonging to this series will be alloted an inventory number, described, scanned and printed.

• Nitrate negatives located in the nitrate compacters.