Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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'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

This item contains restricted material.

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:
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