This item includes materials relating to Tindale's long-running interest in collecting parallel vocabularies of Aboriginal languages. Tindale collected the bulk of his parallel vocabularies during the Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition during 1938-39. This expedition visited many places in the north, south, south-east and south-west of the continent (including areas of Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, SA, and WA), and enabled Tindale to collect 110 vocabularies. To this core, 42 additional vocabularies were added from data collected during subsequent expeditions to Western Australia (1952-54), Central Australia (1951, 1956) and Queensland (1960, 1963). Note that the vocabularies collected during 1952-4 (nos 112-142) are located in journal: 'Anthropological Field Notes on the UCLA-UA Anthropological Expedition N.W. Australia by Norman B. Tindale. Vocabularies and Social Frameworks IV. 1953' (AA 338/1/19/4) . Apart from these core materials, this item also contains notes on phonetics, social frameworks, and other vocabularies and working notes collected by Tindale or drawn from literature sources.

More specifically, this item includes:

• 'Australian Vocabularies gathered by Norman B. Tindale, 1938-1963'.
  A bound volume of photocopied pages containing an index (partial), handwritten vocabularies, sociological frameworks, ethnographic notes, maps and an extract from the journal Science of Man. There are occasional handwritten annotations.

  
  
  Tindale's contents page lists the following:

• 'Parallel Vocabularies nos 1-110 of H.A. Exped. 1938-1939';

• 'Vocabulary Ngalia tribe Yuendumu 1951' [vocabulary no.111];

• 'Vocabularies nos 144-147 Haast Bluff, C.A. 1956';

• 'Kongkandja vocabulary, Gribble, Sci of Man 3(8): 1900 pp. 134-135';

• 'Odd notes Kalkadunga and Maikudung';

• 'Vocabularies 1960 Lardiil, Kaiadilt and Janggal';

• 'Vocabularies 1963 Jokula and Wa:nji';

• 'Additional words Bentinck and Forsyth Is.';

• 'Social frameworks, Queensland tribes only from negrito areas';

• 'Gulf of Carpentaria and Hall Creek section terms by F.C. Booty';

• 'Karawa social framework'; and

• 'Gerhardt Lavis' phonetic system';
  
  

  Missing from this list are:

• A copy of 'the Fry Framework of Australian Aboriginal Social Organization (revised November 1966, N.B.T.)';

• 2 maps: 'Rough distribution of vocabularies collected by Norman B. Tindale 1921-1976' and 'Rough outline of distribution of N.B. Tindale's parallel vocabularies (Int. Phon.) 1930-1968';

• An 'Index to Tribes' (incomplete);

• A copy of Tindale's vocabularies collected during the University of Adelaide's Board for Anthropological Research's Diamantina expedition, 1934 (including Dieri, Wadikali, Jantruwanta, Wonkaŋuru, Aranda; see Journal AA 338/1/12);

• Notes from a lecture by linguist RA Hall at the University of Adelaide, 1954; and

• Notes on Australian language typology.

  
  
  In summary, the parallel vocabularies 1-111 and 144-152 consist of the equivalents in Aboriginal languages of up to approximately 110 English words (although variations in the latter are encountered at times). The vocabularies are occasionally accompanied by brief notes on the place of recording and other contextual information:

  
  

• Photocopied section of Tindale's 'Australian Vocabularies'
  These pages contains vocabularies nos 1-111 and 144-147 of Tindale's 'Australian Vocabularies', as well as a map entitled: 'Rough outline of distribution of N.B. Tindale's parallel vocabularies (Int. Phon.), 1930-1968';
  

• Parallel vocabulary cards and map, 4 x vocabulary cards, entitled: 'native bear', 'wombal', 'scrub turkey', 'padamelon', with blank spaces for Aboriginal equivalents for vocabularies nos 112-142. These cards relate to the UCLA-UA Anthropological Expedition to N.W. Australia, 1952-54. The accompanying map of Australia (27.9x21.6 cm, with handwritten annotations) illustrates the distribution of vocabularies collected by Tindale. This is a version of the map found in Tindale's 'Australian Vocabularies' (as listed above);
  

• Notes for parallel vocabularies
  This is a foolscap notebook entitled: 'blank list of words for parallel vocabularies'. It contains prepared sections of 148 English words and columns for Aboriginal words. Note that this notebook does not contain entries from Aboriginal languages;
  

• A copy of RE See's PhD thesis, entitled: 'Comparison of Some Australian Languages', 1965. See's work is a lexicostatistical exercise, based largely on Tindale's Pitjandjara and parallel vocabulary data;
  

• A bound reprint of Peter Sutton's: 'The Diversity of Initial Dropping Languages in Southern Cape York', in Sutton (ed) Languages of Cape York, 1976, pp. 102-123. Contains vocabularies collected by Tindale in 1938 during the Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, including: Wakaman, Agwamin, Ba:baram and Ngaun
  

• Photocopied section of Edward Micklethaite Curr's comparative vocabularies
  This bundle of photocopied pages is labelled by Tindale: 'Copy of original ms of Curr Australian Race vol.4'. That is, volume 4 of Edward Curr's Australian Race, 1886-7.
  
  See also Tindale's index card files, AA 338/7/2/58 - 338/7/2/60.

  
  
  Tindale Tribes: Ngatjan; Tjapukai; Muluridji; Buluwai; Barbaram; Kokojelandji; Djirubal; Idindji; Mamu; Wakaman; Kokoimudji; Djankun; Kongkandji; Kokopera; Ithu; Kokokulunggur; Ankamuti; Lardiil; Kandju; Nawagi; Wikmunkan; Keramai; Gulngai; Olkolo; Winduwinda; Bandjin; Wulgurukaba; Walangama; Warakamai; Koa; Warungu; Wanjuru; Ewamin; Kunggari; Kutjal; Bidia; Ngaro; Maikudunu; Ngaun; Wakara; Kunggara; Jirandali; Wiri; Kangulu; Karingbal; Nguri; Jagara; Jokula; Maikulan; Kokomini; Kalkadunga; Jangga; Wadjalang; Kalali; Batjala; Tagalag; Dalla; Kokobujundji; Djakunda; Kabikabi; Wakawaka; Kitabal; Jukambe; Darambal; Maikulan; Kumbainggiri; Dainggati; Gunditjmara; Maranganji; Kokata; Narangga; Koreng; Wirangu; Mirning; Njikena; Bailgu; Ngadjunmaia; Wirdinja; Ngaluma; Kalamaia; Nangatadjara; Tjalkadjara; Pini; Nana; Waljen; Murunitja; Tjeraridjal; Nauo; Nukunu; Antakirinja; Kalaako; Wiradjuri; Aranda; Kamilaroi; Kitabal; Kunggari; Pintubi; Kukatja (NT); Dieri; Wadikali; Jandruwanta; Wongkanguru; Lardiil; Kaiadilt; Janggal; Jokula; Wanji; Kongkandji.