This journal has been handwritten with annotations. Journal entries are on the right-hand page leaving the left for annotations, drawings, etc. The expedition was from 22 April - 13 June 1960 (pages 7-367), preceded by planning and research (pages 1-7) and followed by further research (pages 368-447). The journal contains a contents list and a detailed index (pages 451-493).

This journal includes the following:

• maps
  
  
• a photocopy of a 'Report on Matters Discussed at Village Council Meeting, Mornington Island - 8.2.1980 by Paul Memmott'
  
  
• a photocopy of Paul Memmott's 'Lardil Properties of Place'
  
  
• correspondence
  
  
• copy of a newspaper clipping of 'The Gulf of Carpentaria, A new native Tribe Discovered, Interview with Mr C Hedley'
  
  
• newspaper clippings
  
  
• sketches of specimens and documentation
  
  
• songs
  
  
• vocabulary
  
  
• place names
  
  
• a copy of Tindale's manuscript on blood grouping results
  
  
• copies of project reports
  
  
• copies of Dr Spalding's 1947 black and white photographs and medical report
  
  
• copy of a Science of Man article 'A new native tribe discovered', dated 1903
  
  
• a listing of Tindale's plant specimens by the Botanic Gardens
  
  

Vocabulary and grammatical notes relating to this expedition are found in Tindale's 'Queensland Vocabularies, 1960 - 63' (see AA 338/8/19). Note also that Lardiil words and phrases in particular are scattered through the text of the expedition journal.

The expedition party included Peter Aitken and Norman Barnett Tindale.

Tindale Tribes: Janggal; Jokula; Kaiadilt; Kalkadunga; Kukatja (NT); Lardiil; Maikudunu; Maithakari; Mingin; Wanji; Wikmunkan; Winduwinda; Kalkadunga.