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We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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Australian Aboriginal Cranial Photographs - 'Northern'

Archive Collections / Dr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell / Series AA689/04 / Australian Aboriginal Cranial Photographs - 'Northern'
South Australian Museum collection

THIS ITEM CONTAINS RESTRICTED CONTENT
This item consists of morphological photographs of Australian Aboriginal crania which were taken in 1947 of the South Australian Museum's collection. These photos were categorised by JB Birdsell into 'Northern', AA 689/4/5/1, and 'Southern', AA 689/4/5/2, types.

Additional information may be found in JB Birdsell's 'Cranial Data Cards-Aboriginal' (See AA 689/9/19). The photos in this item have been numbered on the back: 1-51. Each crania has been photographed from the anterior [front]; lateral [side]; posterior [back] and dorsal [top] sides. Photographs include:

  • 'A25544 NT' [on crania 146]

  • 'A25550 NT' [on crania 152]

  • 'A25538 NT' [on crania 140]

  • 'A25536 NT' [on crania 138]

  • 'A25537 NT' [on crania 139]

  • 'A25332 NT' [on crania 134]

  • 'A25531 NT' [on crania 133]

  • 'A25534 NT' [on crania 136]

  • 'A25535 NT' [on crania 137]

  • 'A25540 NT' [on crania 142]

  • 'A25539 NT' [on crania 141]

  • 'A25488 Port Darwin [on crania 72/183]

  • '(A6) Roewood Downs, NT' [on crania 230]

  • 'A13144 Tennant Creek' [on crania 115]

  • 'A25515 Powells Creek' [on crania 100]

  • 'A25377 Victoria River' [on crania 60/171]

  • 'A25483 Victoria River' [on crania 67/178]

  • 'A11455 Baraloola' [on crania 62/173]

  • 'A25608 Baraloola' [on crania 211]

  • 'A25611 Baraloola' [on crania 214]

  • 'A25615 Baraloola' [on crania 218]

  • 'A25472 Newcastle Waters' [on crania 55/166]

  • 'A25489 Southport' [on crania 73/184]

  • 'A25430 Pt. Essington' [on crania 9]

  • 'A25500 Malay Bay' [on crania 85]

  • 'A25490 Bowen Straits' [on crania 74/185]

  • 'A25881 Anson Bay' [on crania 184]

  • 'A25599 Anson Bay' [on crania 202]

  • 'A25580 Anson Bay' [on crania 183]

  • 'A25573 Anson Bay' [on crania 176]

  • 'A25578 Anson Bay' [on crania 181]

  • 'A25583 Anson Bay' [on crania 188]

  • 'A25598 Anson Bay' [on crania 201]

  • 'A25597 Anson Bay' [on crania 200]

  • 'A25591 Anson Bay' [on crania 194]

  • 'A26600 Anson Bay' [on crania 203]

  • 'A25592 Anson Bay' [on crania 195]

  • 'A25575 Anson Bay' [on crania 178]

  • 'A25594 Anson Bay' [on crania 197]

  • 'A851 Melville Is.' [on crania 427]

  • 'A11434 Melville Is.' [on crania 129]

  • 'A853 Melville Is.' [on crania 429]

  • 'A11435 Melville Is.' [on crania 130]

  • 'A11420 Melville Is.' [on crania 123]

  • 'A221 Melville Is.' [on crania 377]

  • 'A25529 Melville Is.' [on crania 128]

  • 'A11419 Melville Is.' [on crania 122]

  • 'A220 Melville Is.' [on crania 376]

  • 'A3080 Melville Is.' [on crania 'A3080']

  • 'A25429 Adelaide River' [on crania 8/111]

Creator: Dr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
Control: AA 689/4/5/1
Date Range:  01 March, 1947  -  01 March, 1947
Quantity:  4.5cm,   1   grey albox folder
Series:  AA689/04