'Papers accessory to the Diamantina Journal, 1934'

Archive Collections / Dr Norman Barnett Tindale / Series AA338/02 / 'Papers accessory to the Diamantina Journal, 1934'
Supplementary to 'Journal of the Anthropological Expedition to the Diamantina, North-East of South Australia. August 1934' (AA 338/1/12)

This item includes the following:

  • Tindale's rough day journal, dating 22-25 August 1934

  • handwritten notes and drawings including string games

  • newspaper clippings

  • a typescript copy of Franz Xavier Carl Wilhelm Martin's (see AA 207) 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri tribe', dated 1931

  • two typescript copies of Tindale's 'Vanishing Tribes of the Arunta Desert and Lake Eyre Basin', published in 1934

  • handwritten 'Notes on the Aborigines of Cooper's Creek, Australia' (pp. 1220-1225) by Edward B Sauger dated 1873 (includes a few vocabulary items)

  • list of Georgina River place names

  • a typescript copy of Tindale's 'Notes on Pitjuri' (includes 4 songs)

  • a typescript copy of Tindale's 'Native Route Across the Arunta Desert' dated 1934

  • JB Cleland's (see AA 60) reprint: 'Botanical notes of Anthropological Interest, from Macdonald Downs, Central Australia', read in 1932

  • an annotated hand-drawn map

  • two copies of an annotated printed map in 5 sections each

CreatorDr Norman Barnett Tindale
ControlAA 338/2/30
Date Range1931  -  1934
Quantity 3.3cm,   1   foolscap Albox folder, 56 items
Series AA338/02