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'Anthropological Field Notes on the UCLA - UA Anthropological Expedition N.W. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Vocabularies and Social Frameworks IV. 1953.'

Archive Collections / Dr Norman Barnett Tindale / Series AA338/01 / 'Anthropological Field Notes on the UCLA - UA Anthropological Expedition N.W. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Vocabularies and Social Frameworks IV. 1953.'
Board for Anthropological Research Expedition R University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia, 1952-54.

This is the fourth of four volumes. The pages of this volume are not numbered. The last 109 pages are blank with the exception of one item of correspondence and one note. The journal is handwritten with annotations.

The first section contains 'Lists of Australian aboriginal words in several languages obtained during the University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition to North Western Australia (1952-1954) by Norman B. Tindale. Field data collected by N. B. Tindale between 20 April 1953 and 15 October 1953'. The vocabularies have been written in the phonetic alphabet proposed by University of Adelaide Language Committee. The vocabulary numbers continue on from vocabularies previously collected during the Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939, and so commence at number 112. They appear in parallel to approximately 170 English words. Tindale also lists the informants used. Vocabularies include:

  1. Mandjildjara (approximately 100 words)

  2. Njangamarda (approximately 140 words)

  3. Bailgu (approximately 135 words)

  4. Indjibandi (approximately 120 words)

  5. Kariara (approximately 125 words)

  6. Wanman (approximately 110 words)

  7. Njamal (approximately 140 words)

  8. Ngaluma (approximately 115 words)

  9. Ngarla (approximately 145 words)

  10. Pandjima (approximately 115 words)

  11. Niabali (approximately 115 words)

  12. Mangala (approximately 125 words)

  13. Talandji (approximately 65 words)

  14. Kurama (approximately 140 words)

  15. Karadjari (approximately 140 words)

  16. Nangatara (approximately 120 words)

  17. Baada (approximately 130 words)

  18. Jawuru (approximately 100 words)

  19. Njulnjul (approximately 85 words)

  20. Ongkomi (approximately 105 words)

  21. Ngardi (approximately 135 words)

  22. Warwa (approximately 115 words)

  23. Worora (approximately 150 words)

  24. Njikena (approximately 150 words)

  25. Kitja (approximately 155 words)

  26. Whadjuk (approximately 115 words)

  27. Djaru (approximately 145 words)

  28. Walmadjari (approximately 150 words)

  29. Ola (approximately 35 words)

  30. Konejandi (approximately 155 words)

  31. Korindji (approximately 10 words)



Note that the above vocabularies also appear in Tindale's 'Australian Vocabularies gathered by Norman B. Tindale, 1938-1963' (see AA 338/8/20).

The next section includes the social frameworks gathered during the expedition:
  1. Njangamarda

  2. Mandjildjara

  3. Kartudjara

  4. Niaboli

  5. Ngolibardu

  6. Indjibandi

  7. Pandjima

  8. Kariara

  9. Kariara

  10. Ngarla

  11. Njamal

  12. Mangala

  13. Njangamarda

  14. Karadjari

  15. Talandji

  16. Kurama

  17. Ngaluma

  18. Indjibandi

  19. Mardudunera

  20. Nangatara

  21. Njikena

  22. Baada

  23. Njulnjul

  24. Worora

  25. Punaba

  26. Wunambal

  27. Walmadjari

  28. Ngarinjin

  29. Djaru

  30. Ngardi

  31. Ongkomi

  32. Miwa

  33. Kambure

  34. Miwa

  35. Kitja

  36. Whadjuk (Witja:ri)

  37. Konejandi

  38. Malngin

  39. Wilingura



Also included in the volume are notes, correspondence, a contents page, newspaper clippings, a manuscript by Anthony Peile entitled 'The Gugadja (Kokatja) People and Frogs', Tindale's 'Draft of article after 1953 trip' and two loose social frameworks of the Bingongina and Wilingura tribes.

The expedition party included Esther and Joseph Birdsell (Associate Professor of Anthropology, UCLA, see AA 689), Dorothy and Norman Tindale, and Phillip Jud Epling (University student, UCLA).

Creator: Dr Norman Barnett Tindale
Control: AA 338/1/19/4
Date Range:  20 April, 1953  -  15 October, 1953
Quantity:  3.5cm,   1   buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.2 cm, 420 pages, 3 insert and 5 loose items
Formats: Newspaper Clippings, General Correspondence, Photocopied Documents, Loose Notes
Series:  AA338/01