This series contains restricted items.

The full listing of the Davies wax cylinders is provided below. Note that the descriptions of the cylinder contents have been taken from Davies's 'Field notes' (see AA70/4) and associated papers. The numbers on the left are SAM archive identifiers and the numbers immediately to the right (in brackets) are the numbers Davies gave to the wax cylinders.

Recordings are as follows:

Macumba 1926-27
[CD labelled AA 70/8/1-14)

• Witchetty song
  [Song 1. Track 1. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 1; Tape 4; Record 6]
  
  
• Rain song
  [Song 2. Track 2. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 2; Tape 4; Record 7]
  
  
• Emu song
  [Song 3. Track 3. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 3; Tape 4; Record 8]
  
  
• Eaglehawk song
  [Song 4. Track 4. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 4; Tape 4; Record 9]
  
  
• Rain song
  [Song 5. Track 5. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 6; Tape 4; Record 10]
  
  
• Goanna song sung by Mickey
  [Song 6. Track 6. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 9; Tape 4; Record 11]
  
  
• Dead man song sung by Louie
  [Song 7. Track 7. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 10; Tape 4; Record 12]
  
  
• Witchetty song
  [Song 8. Track 8. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Cyl. 11; Tape 4; Record 13]
  
  
• Pelican song
  [Song 9. Track 9. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 13; Rec. 1]
  
  
• Wild dog sung by women
  [Song 10. Track 10. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 16; Rec. 2]
  
  
• Owl song
  [Song 11. Track 11. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 18; Rec. 3]
  
  
• Sparrow hawk song sung by Jack and Louie
  [Song 12. Track 12. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 19; Rec. 4]
  
  
• Emu song sung by Jack and Louie
  [Song 13. Track 13. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 20; Rec. 5]
  
  
• Little bird's song sung by Jack and Louie
  [Song 14. Track 14. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 21; Rec. 6]
  
  

• Emu song by Jack
  [Song 15. Track 1. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 22; Rec. 7]
  
  
• Goanna song
  [Song 16.Track 2. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 23; Rec. 8]
  
  
• (a) Witchetty grub (b) Snake song
  [Song 17.Track 3. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 25; Rec. 8]
  
  
• (a) Wild dog (b) Possum
  [Song 18.Track 4. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 26; Rec. 9]
  
  
• Woman's song
  [Song 19. Track 5. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 27; Rec. 10]
  
  
• Possum songs
  [Song 20.Track 6. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 28; Rec. 11]
  
  
• Sugar ant corroboree sung by George
  [Song 21.Track 7. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 29; Rec. 12]
  
  
• Dead man (woman sings)
  [Song 22. Track 8. Tape No. 9569; TT6; Cyl. 32; Rec. 13]
  
  
• 'Of little value'
  [Song 23. Track 9. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 33; Rec. 1]
  
  
• Emu and snake songs sung by a woman
  [Song 24. Track 10. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 34; Rec. 2]
  
  

• 'Record - Murray River Black' (performed by 'Fletcher', approx. 70 years of age)
  [Song 25. Track 1. Tape No. 9567; TT4; Unnumbered cylinder; Tape 4; Record 5]
  
  

• A dream made into a song
  [Song 26. Tracks 2-3. Tape No. 9564; TT1; D1; Tape 1; Rec. 6]
  
  
• Dream song
  [Song 27. Track 4. Tape No. 9564; TT1; D2; Tape 1; Rec. 7]
  
  
• Song about a scrub bird from far west of Ooldea
  [Song 28. Track 5. Tape No. 9564; TT1; D3; Tape 1; Rec. 8]
  
  
• 'Song of the Northern blacks'
  [Song 29. Track 6. Tape No. 9564; TT1; D4; Tape 1; Rec. 10]
  
  
• Wild dog initiation song sung by Charlie
  [Song 30. Track 7. Tape No. 9564; TT1; D5; Tape 1; Rec. 11]
  
  
• Initiation song ('No words. Sam heard this from another black at Bookabie')
  [Song 31. Track 8. Tape No. 9564AB; TT1; D6; Tape 1; Rec. 12]
  
  
• Initiation song sung by Charlie
  [Song 32. Track 9. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D7; Tape 2; Record 1]
  
  
• Old Tommy's 'Dead man's song'
  [Song 33. Track 10. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D8; Tape 2; Record 2]
  
  
• Play about corroboree sung by Tommy, Ooldea)
  [Song 34. Track 10. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D10; Tape 2; Record 3]
  
  
• Snake song (Wynbring; Charlie sings)
  [Song 35. Track 11. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D11; Tape 2; Record 4]
  
  
• Eagle hawk song sung by Sam
  [Song 36. Track 12. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D12; Tape 2; Record 5]
  
  
• Smoke song sung by Sam. 'Blackfellow sings the song when he sees another fellow's smoke way off'
  [Song 37. Track 13. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D13; Tape 2; Record 5A]
  
  
• THIS ITEM IS RESTRICTED Ceremonial songs sung by Old Tommy<
  [Song 38. Track 14. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D15; Tape 2; Record 6]/li>
  
  
  
• Possibly a Sunday service at the Koonibba Mission
  [Song 39. Track 15. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D16; Tape 2; Rec. 7]
  
  

• Song derived from Eucla blacks (by Old Man Charlie & Joe) (note: this item not digitised)
  [Song 40. Track 16.]
  
  
• 'Joe coroboree' (broken cylinder)
  [Song 41. Track 17. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D22; Tape 2; Rec. 8]
  
  
• Corroboree song
  [Song 42. Track 18. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D23; Tape 2; Rec. 9]
  
  
• Emu song by Old Charlie
  [Song 43. Track 19. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D25; Tape 2; Rec. 10]
  
  
• Corroboree by old woman
  [Song 44. Track 20. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D26; Tape 2; Rec. 11]
  
  

• (a) Corroboree by old woman (Lucie) (b) Aruwi song (Paddy)
  [Song 45. Track 21. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D27; Tape 2; Rec. 12]
  
  
• Aruwi song (Paddy)
  [Song 46. Track 22. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D28; Tape 2; Rec. 13]
  
  
• (a) Ship song (Susie) (b) Kukata corroboree song (Paddy)
  [Song 47. Track 23. Tape No. 9565; TT2; D30; Tape 2; Rec. 14]
  
  

• Kangaroo song and tests of pitch susceptibility
  [Song 48. Track 1. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 1 (H'burg); Rec. 3]
  
  
• (a) Rat song (b) Dead man song
  [Song 49. Track 2. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 2 (H'burg); Rec. 4]
  
  
• Two corroboree songs (Ilpintya)?
  [Song 50. Track 3. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 3 (H'burg); Rec. 5]
  
  
• Conch sounds
  [Song 51. Track 4. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 4 (H'burg); Rec. 6]
  
  
• (a) Possum songs (b) Ilpintja song
  [Song 52. Track 5. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 5 (H'burg); Rec. 7]
  
  
• (a) Ilpintja song (b) Kuninka (Wild Cat, Loritja) song
  [Song 53. Track 6. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 6 (H'burg); Rec. 8]
  
  
• (a) Kuninka (Wild Cat, Loritja) song (b) Ilpintja song
  [Song 54. Track 7. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 7 (H'burg); Rec. 9]
  
  
• Ilpindja song
  [Song 55. Track 8. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 8 (H'burg); Rec. 10]
  
  
• Lament
  [Song 56. Track 9. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 9 (H'burg); Rec. 11]
  
  
• (a) Song of the Duck man (Ilpintja song) (b) song of two women
  [Song 57. Track 10. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 10 (H'burg); Rec. 12]
  
  
• Selected words, English and Arunta
  [Song 58. Track 11. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 11 (H'burg); Rec. 13]
  
  
• Selected words, English and Loritja
  [Song 59. Track 12. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 12 (H'burg); Rec. 14]
  
  
• (a) war song (b) war song
  [Song 60. Track 13. Tape No. 9570; TT7; Cyl. 13 (H'burg); Rec. 15]
  
  
• Rat song
  [Song 61. Track 14. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 14 (H'burg); Rec. 1]
  
  
• (a) Emu song (b) Ilpintja song
  [Song 62. Track 15. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 15 (H'burg); Rec. 2]
  
  
• (a) Kwalba song (b) Ilpintja song
  [Song 63. Track 16. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 16 (H'burg); Rec. 3]
  
  
• (a) Dingo song (b) Necklace song
  [Song 64. Track 17. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 17 (H'burg); Rec. 4]
  
  
• Corroboree song by woman
  [Song 65. Track 18. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 18 (H'burg); Rec. 5]
  
  
• Corroboree song by four women
  [Song 66. Track 19. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 19 (H'burg); Rec. 6]
  
  
• (a) Tchilpa song (b) Tchilpa song
  [Song 67. Track 20. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 20 (H'burg); Rec. 7]
  
  
• (a) Rainmaking song (b) Rainmaking song
  [Song 68. Track 21. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 21 (H'burg); Rec. 8]
  
  
• (a) Deadman song (b) Wild dog song
  [Song 69. Track 22. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 22 (H'burg); Rec. 9]
  
  
• (a) Possum song (b) Rain song
  [Song 70. Track 23. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 23 (H'burg); Rec. 10]
  
  
• (a) Yam song (b) Ilpintja song
  [Song 71. Track 24. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 24 (H'burg); Rec. 11]
  
  
• (a) Emu song (b) Kangaroo song
  [Song 72. Track 25. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 25 (H'burg); Rec. 12]
  
  
• (a) Black Cockatoo song (b) Wallaby song
  [Song 73. Track 26. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 26 (H'burg); Rec. 13]
  
  
• (a) Ilpintja (possum) song (b) Corroboree song
  [Song 74. Track 27. Tape No. 9571; TT8; Cyl. 27 (H'burg); Rec. 14]
  
  
• (a) Rainmaking song (b) Emu corroboree
  [Song 75. Track 28. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 28 (H'burg); Rec. 1]
  
  
• (a) Ilpintja song (b) Tchilpa song
  [Song 76. Track 29. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 29 (H'burg); Rec. 2]
  
  
• (a) Ilpintja song (b) Euro song
  [Song 77. Track 30. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 30 (H'burg); Rec. 3]
  
  
• Wallaby corroboree song
  [Song 78. Track 31. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 31 (H'burg); Rec. 4]
  
  
• (a) Carpet Snake corroboree song (b) Perentie song
  [Song 79. Track 32. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 32 (H'burg); Rec. 5]
  
  
• (a) New moon Ilpintja song (b) White-tailed rat song
  [Song 80. Track 33. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 33 (H'burg); Rec. 6]
  
  
• Varsity war cry by about 50 children
  [Song 81. Track 34. Tape No. 9572; TT9; Cyl. 34 (H'burg); Rec. 7]