This item contains anthropometric data comparing groups with traditional lifestyles to those with more acculturate lifestyles in the Northern Territory. Data was recorded for the following areas:

• Yirrkala
  
  
• Oenpelli
  
  
• Umbakumba
  
  
• Groote [Groote Eylandt]
  
  

This item also contains a section entitled 'Preliminary Data on Tribal Areas' NB Tindale (1971, see AA 338) and JB Birdsell (1952) which includes comparative lists of groups and area to nearest hundred mile square. Data was recorded for Queensland, South Australia, Central Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Northern Australia.

The pages of this journal are numbered. The first five pages are missing and consequently the journal consists of pp. 6-48. There are 30 pages of data and 8 blank pages. This item was previously identified as 'Birdsell Collection Notebook 6'. '12 Columns' printed on cover.