This item contains correspondence and papers relating to Tindale's research on Aboriginal place names in the South East of South Australia, including:

• Copies of correspondence (including two original letters) between Tindale and David Mack between the years 1986-88. Mack, one of Tindale's research associates, provided details on place names of the River Murray region as well as contributing to Tindale's research for other areas. The letters often carry handwritten references to Tindale's Canberra and California Journal (AA 338/1/53)
  
  
• Copies of correspondence between Tindale and the Geographical Names Board between the years 1985 and 1988
  
  
• Working notes
  
  

Includes: receipts for research materials; lists of maps held; data cards; notes for a draft, entitled: 'Native Place names of Southern South Australia - our heritage from the past, by Norman B. Tindale'; notes on the Adelaide tribe (Kaurna); an orthographic chart; and a photocopy of D Tunbridge's 'Language as Heritage: Vityurna (dried meat) and other stored food among the Adnyamathanha', Journal of the Anthropological Society of South Australia, 1985, Vol.23(7), pp. 10-15.

Finally, this item also includes a letter to Tindale from Stephen Davis, 24 January 1991, commenting on aspects of Tindale's tribal mapping work.