'August - 1936 - The Granites and May 1937 - Nepabunna'

Archive Collections / Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth / Series AA105/01 / 'August - 1936 - The Granites and May 1937 - Nepabunna'
Board for Anthropological Research Expeditions L and M

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Journal containg psycological and sociological data collected by Fry during two separate BAR expeditions to the Granites, Central Australia, and Nepabunna, South Australia. The journal contains the following:

The Granites 1936 (BAR Expedition L)

  • Details of the expedition route, including hand drawn map and distance measurements of each stop.

  • Vocabularies.

  • Specimens of plant-life.

  • Hand drawn diagrams.

  • References and notes regarding people documented in the BAR sociological and anthropological cards (see AA 346/4/18).

  • Transcribed and translated Australian Aboriginal songs recorded on Wax Cylinder (see AA 105/15)

  • Page titled "Colour of Child's Skin" with two pages of colour vocabularies. Possibly relating to colour testing.

  • Genealogical patterns with kinship terms.



Nepabunna 1937 (BAR Expedition M)
  • Vocabluaries

  • Social organisation and kinship terms.

  • References and notes regarding people documented within the sociological and anthropological cards from the BAR collection (see AA 346/4/19).

  • Transcribed stories, possible Australian Aboriginal legends.

  • Diagrams and descriptions of Australian Aboriginal artifacts.

  • Transcribed and translated Australian Aboriginal songs recorded on Wax Cylinder (see AA 105/15)

  • Hand drawn maps with directions and distances from common locations.

  • Several journal entires from the 27/05/37 and 28/05/37.


The back of this journal contains Genealogical pattern with kinship terms.

Tindale Tribes: Jadliaura.

CreatorFry, Dr Henry Kenneth
ControlAA 105/1/3
Date Range1936  -  1937
Quantity 21.5cm,   1   20.3x11.5cm journal.
FormatsPublished Papers or Articles
Series AA105/01
Tindale Tribes: