This photo album holds 38 black and white photographic prints (23.5 x 24.0 cm) from aerial surveys entitled 'Mornington' and 'Westmoreland'. The surveys include islands in the region of Mornington and Bentinck Islands, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Queensland, Australia. 'Mornington' and 'Westmoreland' refer to the names of the survey flight paths. There is a total of 19 images, with one mat and glossy print per image. Tindale recorded Aboriginal place names in pencil or pen on 14 of the mat prints. The survey photographs function as maps.

Some prints are heavily annotated and contain sketched boundary lines with areas labelled 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'Y' or 'Z'. 'Allen Island' and 'Horseshoe Island' have been labelled on print number 15. Four prints numbered 5004 to 5005 are labelled on the bottom edge 'svy.1158// MORNINGTON.RUN.15. (03.43) 22/MAY/51 152.8MM 25,000 RESTRICTED'. 34 prints numbered 5079 to 5173 (with gaps) are labelled 'svy.1275// WESTMORELAND.RUN.1. (75-119), 120-168, 171-214) 27/SEP/51 154.2MM 25,000 RESTRICTED'.

This item contains references to: Queensland.