The journal has been handwritten on the right-hand pages, with annotations and drawings on the left-hand pages. Page 223a has been added. From page 230 there are 58 blank pages. The journal has a contents list and index. The expedition dates from 24 October to 25 November 1963.

This journal includes the following:

• vocabulary
  
  
• place names
  
  
• notes on tribal nomenclature
  
  
• songs
  
  
• stories including details of Kangaroo, Emu, Eagle, Rat Woman and Ice Men stories
  
  
• correspondence
  
  
• a hand-drawn map of 'data supplied to N. B. Tindale' in March 1962 by J Long'
  
  
• newspaper clippings
  
  
• specimen drawings and documentation
  
  
• sketches
  
  
• 'Data for Blood Samples - Kudjuntari, WA and Mt Davies, S. Aus. Nov. 1963 compiled by Norman B. Tindale'
  
  
• a 1969 article by Walter Victor Macfarlane on 'The water economy of desert aboriginals in summer'
  
  
• a black and white photograph of Ooldea people by Miss Annie Lock (AA 184)
  
  
• a 'Report of patrol to W. A. Desert areas around Pollock Hills and Jupiter Well' from 26 July to 4 September 1963
  
  

The expedition party included Prof. Walter Victor Macfarlane, Walter Batchelor MacDougall (see AA 193), John Sabine, Peter Aitken and Norman Barnett Tindale.

Tindale Tribes: Arabana; Aranda; Dieri; Iliaura; Jangkundjara; Kokata; Mandjildjara; Nakako; Ngadadjara; Pintubi; Pitjandjara; Wongkanguru.