This item consists of a register entitled S. A. Museum Speech and Sound Collections; an approximately 720 page document produced by NB Tindale during 1963-1964, just prior to his retirement from the museum. The register lists Tindale's audio field recordings from 1930-1964 as well as audio recordings made on Tindale's behalf by correspondents such as Jack Doolan (AA 632) and Peter Melville Rice (AA 267). The register is a useful reference for those consulting Tindale's speech and sound recordings (AA 338/11) as entries often provide details of the singer(s) and speaker(s), place of recording, aspects of performance and other contextual details. Entries often provide a reference to a page in one of Tindale's field journals.

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• Cockatoo Creek 1931 - relates to journal AA 338/1/7 and recording AA 338/11/3/1-13
  
  

• MacDonald Downs 1930 - relates to journal AA 338/1/6 and recording AA 338/11/1/1-14
  
  

• Mount Liebig 1932 - relates to journal AA 338/1/8 and recording AA 338/11/4/1-26
  
  

• Mann Range 1933 - relates to journal AA 338/1/9 and recording AA 338/11/6/1-34
  
  

• Ernabella 1933 - relates to journal AA 338/1/9 and recording AA 338/11/6/1-34
  
  

• Ooldea 1933 - relates to journal AA 338/1/13 and recording AA 338/11/9/1-10
  
  

• Diamantina 1934 - relates to journal AA 338/1/12 and recording AA 338/11/10/1-14
  
  

• Warburton Range 1935 - relates to journal AA 338/1/14 and recording AA 338/11/11/1-13
  
  

• South East of South Australia 1932 - relates to journal AA 338/1/33/1 and recording AA 338/11/5/1-15
  
  

• South East of South Australia 1937-38 - relates to journal AA 338/1/33/2 and recording AA 338/11/12/1-15
  
  

• Harvard & Adelaide Universities Expedition 1938-39 - relates to journal AA 338/1/15/1-2 and recording AA 338/11/13
  
  

• Yuendumu 1951 - relates to journal AA 338/4/30-32
  
  

• UCLA 1953 - relates to journal AA 338/1/19/1-2
  
  

• Haast Bluff 1956 - relates to journal AA 338/4/35-36 and recording AA 338/11/16/1-37
  
  

• North West of South Australia 1957 - relates to journal AA 338/1/22/1
  
  

• Bentinck & Mornington Island 1960 - relates to journal AA 338/1/23 and recording AA 338/11/17/1-7 and AA 338/11/18/1-8
  
  

• Gulf of Carpentaria 1963 - relates to journal AA 338/1/25 and recording AA 338/11/21/1-9 and AA 338/11/22/1-34
  
  

• Rawlinson Range 1963 - relates to journal AA 338/1/26 and recording AA 338/11/23/1-14
  
  

• Palm Island [Jack Doolan and NB Tindale] 1963-65 - relates to journal AA 338/1/38 and recording AA 632/1/1-20
  
  

• Musgrave Park [Peter Melville Rice and NB Tindale] 1963 - recording AA 267/1/1-9
  
  

• Myth of Kungkarungkara 1964 - recording AA 338/11/24
  
  

• Haast Bluff [Dr Clark and NB Tindale] 1964 - relates to journal AA 338/1/40/2 and recording AA 338/11/25
  
  

• John Irrgang about Dieri 1964 - relates to journal AA 338/1/48/2 and recording AA 338/11/26/1-5
  
  

The register does not provide a comprehensive listing of the museum's speech and sound holdings up to 1964: the recordings of Edward Harold Davies (AA 71), for example, are not included. Note that Tindale made a number of magnetic tape recordings after his retirement in 1965 that he later bequeathed to the museum.