Documentation relating to Campbell's archaeological investigations in the South-East of South Australia:

  1. Correspondence between Campbell and the Commonwealth Minister for the Army (Feb-March 1947) relating to Campbell's request that depth-sounding of the coastline of south-east South Australia be undertaken by the Australian Navy.

  2. Letter from Campbell to David Brookman, SA Minister of Agriculture, on 3 May 1962 requesting the Minister's assistance to obtain aerial photographs of the South-East.

  3. Letter from Campbell to Graham (Pretty? AA 225) on 25 March 1963 re archaeological investigations in the South-East.

  4. Letter from David Brookman, SA Minister of Agriculture, to Campbell on 13 September 1963 re archaeological investigations at Mt Burr.

  5. Correspondence with Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (1963) [now known as AIATSIS] relating to grant for archaeological investigations in the south-east of South Australia.

  6. Correspondence, receipts and expenditure relating to fieldwork in the south-east of South Australia, 1963-4.

  7. Proposed itinerary for trip to South-East South Australia (no date).

  8. Letter from Herbert Hedley Finlayson (AA 93) to Campbell on 19 April 1965 concerning identification of faunal remains from archaeological excavations in the south-east of South Australia.

  9. Draft typescript report entitled 'Rock shelter excavation South Australia', with handwritten corrections. The report documents the results of archaeological excavations carried out at Mt Burr and Bevilaqua Cliff in the south-east of South Australia by Campbell, Hossfeld (AA 140), Edwards (AA 83) and others in the early 1960s. Included are reports on the mammalian fauna by HH Finlayson, mollusca by Bernard Charles Cotton (1905 - 1966 SAMA 892) and reptilian fauna by Francis John Mitchell (SAMA 952). The report also includes plans and sections of the Mt Burr and Bevilaqua Cliff excavations.

  10. Hand-drawn coloured map showing 'The natural regions of the S. E.'.

  11. Map of the south-east of South Australia showing the locations of Aboriginal campsites examined by Campbell and Noone, including sites in the Woakwine Range, Reedy Creek Range, Kongorong Range and Canunda Ridge, and other sites near Mt Muirhead, Cape Buffon and Maggoty Point.

  12. Set of b/w aerial photos of the Coorong-South East area. Some of these photos have minor pencil annotations.

  13. Topographic maps of Naracoorte (1:253,440 scale) and Milang (1:63,360 scale). The Naracoorte map has some minor pencil annotations, presumably by Campbell.

  14. This series also includes the following newspaper cuttings relating to the prehistory, history and geology of the South-East of South Australia:

CreatorProfessor Thomas Draper Campbell
ControlAA 52/4/5 A-N
Date Range1947  -  1962
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, General Correspondence, Maps, Loose Photographic Prints
Series AA 52/04