This item includes two volumes of photographic material that is supplementary to Norman Barnett Tindale's journal: 'Visits to Ooldea, S. Aust. to study the Aborigines by Norman B. Tindale in 1934 and 1951. Adelaide. S. Australia.' (AA 338/1/13).

There are nine images in Vol. 1 and six images in Vol. 2 currently available, thus suggesting that further identification of relevant photographs will be required from Tindale's unsorted photographic material. Only one image pertaining to the 1951 Ooldea visit has been located, and it is a coloured slide (Vol. 2, restricted material). The images mostly depict children's drawings on sand-hills representing 'wati mamu' or 'devil man'. The second volume contains images relating to ceremonial activities and these are restricted to men only.

See also related: Cecil John Hackett (see AA 122) collection (as he accompanied Tindale on his 1934 trip), and in the John Burton Cleland, J. B. (see AA 60) collection (as he visited Ooldea together with Tindale in 1951).

Please note Tindale's abbreviations: SA, S. Aust., S Australia (South Australia); Nov, Nov. (November); NW (North-West); Tr (Tribe); m (meters).

The detailed list of the Ooldea photographs is as follows:

Vol. 1, photographs 1 - 9

1. 'Tawal Tawal native tobacco Ooldea SA Nov 1934 N B Tindale'.
   One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale.

   
   
   

2. 'defect is in this print If needed get a better print Child of country NW of Ooldea cared for by Miss Annie Lock Ooldea Nov 1934 N B Tindale photo'.
   One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale.

   
   
   

3. 'Ooldea'.
   A group portrait of young girls. One of them is holding a string (used for string games). One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale. The print is not dated.

   
   
   

4. 'Boy and crow tracks Ooldea Nov 1934 N B Tindale photo'.
   Three b/w photographic prints, annotated by Tindale. An alternative annotation: 'Jan Kundjadjara [sic] boy looking at tracks of crow in sand hill Ooldea Nov. 1934. N. B. T.'.

   
   

   
   
   

5. 'Child drawing [wati mamu] or devil man on Ooldea sandhills only 3 months after first seeing a white man. NW. of Ooldea SA. N B Tindale Nov. 1934'.
   Two b/w photographic prints, annotated by Tindale. An alternative annotation: 'Child (Pindiini Tr) drawing on sandhills Ooldea SA. Nov 1934 N B Tindale photo'.

   
   

   
   
   

6. 'Child making drawing of emu track and of emu on sandhill Ooldea Nov 1934 N B Tindale'.
   Two b/w photographic prints, annotated by Tindale.

   
   

   
   
   

7. 'Pindiini Tribe child drawing wati mamu (man devil) on sandhill Ooldea 11 1934 N B Tindale photo Child only 3 m in from bush'.
   Six b/w photographic prints, annotated by Tindale.

   
   

   
   
   

8. 'Childs drawing of Wati Mamu 'man devil' [on] sandhills Ooldea Nov 1934 N B Tindale photo'.
   Four b/w photographic prints, annotated by Tindale.

   
   

   
   
   

9. 'Child's drawings on sandhill shows camps and families asleep Ooldea Nov 1934 N B Tindale'.
   Three b/w photographic prints, annotated by Tindale. Alternative annotations: 'Childs drawing representing camp (with paired people II & fires III) Ooldea Nov 1934 N B Tindale photo'.

   
   
   Vol. 2, photographs 10 - 15
   
   

   
   
   

10. -15. THESE ITEMS ARE RESTRICTED.
    (Photographs relating to men's ceremonies)

    
    
    

16. No Caption. Aboriginal man, wearing body paint.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

17. 'Wilgena Nov. 1925 RP.'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

18. No Caption. Aboriginal man with facepaint.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

19. No Caption. Aboriginal man holding object.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

20. 'T.D.C'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

21. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

22. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

23. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

24. No Caption. Group of 13 Aboriginal men.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

25. No Caption. A tent.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

26. '.70.'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

27. No Caption. A house.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

28. No Caption. A railway running through a small town.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

29. No Caption. Landscape, multiple pathways leading to houses.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

30. 'Mrs Daisy Bates Ooldea. 1927'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

31. 'Wilgena Nov. 1925'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

32. No Caption. Aboriginal woman.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

33. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

34. No Caption. Group of Aboriginal women and children.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

35. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

36. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

37. No Caption. Aboriginal man.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

38. No Caption. Aboriginal man holding boomerang.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

39. No Caption. Aboriginal man.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

40. No Caption. Two Aboriginal men.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

41. 'RP Ooldea District'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

42. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

43. No Caption. Aboriginal man in front of tent.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

44. No Caption. Aboriginal man in front of tent.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

45. 'Ooldea Dr Pulline' One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

46. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

47. No Caption. Five Aboriginal men with cooking implements.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

48. No Caption. Three Aboriginal men.
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide

    
    
    

49. 'RP'
    One b/w photographic print from lantern slide annotated by Tindale

    
    
    

Tindale Tribes: Jangkundjara; Pindiini.