This is the first of two volumes. This volume is a compilation of field trip notes, visits, meetings and symposium, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles and hand drawn maps and specimens in the South Australian Museum archaeology collection. A 10 page contents list is inserted after the cover page and includes a 7 page loose index. The journal is handwritten on the right-hand page leaving the left-hand page for annotations, drawings, inserts and pasting of related papers.