This item is a photocopy of two (of a total of four) original journals, with annotations in pen, tracings in pencil and crayon, and drawings in pencil, ink and crayon. Includes a black and white photograph. The copy is dated 12 November 1969.

Tindale requested one year's leave of absence from the South Australian Museum to assist the Church Missionary Society of Australia and Tasmania as an honorary member on the Groote Eylandt (Northern Territory) trip. Having convinced the Board of the importance of the expedition, Tindale was given 50 pounds in advance for specimen purchase. Of the 7,651 specimens Tindale collected, 487 were ethnographic. At this time Tindale was employed by the South Australian Museum as Assistant Entomologist.

Places mentioned include Mornington Island, Thursday Island, Mapoon, Roper River, Emerald River, Groote Eylandt, Bickerton Island, East Bay Caves, Mount Ellie, Long Billabong, Darwin, Yalwarrah and Yetibah. Also discussed are: Malays; Macassars and Maroadunei (Tim), a Ngandi man.