Item AA338/5/2 contains photographic images that are supplementary to Norman Barnett Tindale's 'Rough Diary of trip to Northern Flinders Range, S. Australia. Nov. 14 - Dec 18th, 1924' (AA 338/1/3). Notwithstanding its title, the diary incorporates research data acquired by NB Tindale and his associates, Herbert Mathew Hale (See AA 124) and Harold Llewelyn Sheard (See AA 290), on their visits to the three following locations from 1924 to 1928:

• Northern Flinders Ranges, 1924
  
  
  
• Fromms Landing, 1927
  
  
  
• West bank of River Murray, near Blanchetown, 1928
  
  

The purpose of these trips varied. These include: a systematic study of the fauna of South Australia, observation of the traditional life and culture of the Wailpi people occupying the Flinders Ranges area, discovery and research of rock carvings and paintings at Malakai cave and Owiendana rock shelter, and archaeological excavation in the River Murray region and Fromms Landing.

Item AA 338/5/2, Vol. 1 contains black and white (b/w) photographic prints and b/w acetate positives. Tindale annotated most of the items, and this has been used as a primary source of information for photographs listed below. Images 28-35 have been identified by the South Australian Archive as being taken by Harold Llewelyn Sheard . A numbering system has been imposed onto the inventory items by the South Australian Museum Archives. Additional photographs relating to the Flinders Ranges trip are available in Vol. 5 of the inventory item AA 338/5/1.

Please note Tindale's abbreviations: S. Aust. (South Australia), Mt Serle (Mount Serle); Flinders Ra. (Flinders Ranges); N. Fl. Ra. (Northern Flinders Ranges); N. (North); W (West); R.M., (River Murray); Murray R. (Murray River); in (inches); ft. (foot, feet) m (miles)

The detailed list of the Flinders Ranges photographs is as follows:

Vol. 1, photographs 1-38

1. 'N. B. Tindale Mt Serle 12. 1924'.
   A portrait of Norman B Tindale. One b/w photographic print, and one b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale. The caption is only legible on the positive.
   
   
2. 'Hale at Mount Serle'.
   A portrait of Herbert M Hale. One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale. Undated.
   
   
3. 'Mt Serle Flinders Ra N B Tindale photo H. M. Hale subject'.
   Photograph of Herbert M Hale standing next to a tree (bark partially stripped). One b/w photographic print and one b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale. Undated. An alternative annotation on the positive is: 'Bark dish scar H. M. H.'.
   
   
4. 'Flinders Ra Hale'.
   Herbert M Hale sitting on a cairn. One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale. Undated.
   
   
5. 'Euc. [Eucalyptus] rostrata with bark dish scar'.
   One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
   
   
6. 'Wanjulda Wailpi tribe Mt Serle 12.1924'
   One b/w acetate positive (Vol. 1) and one b/w photographic print (inverted image) available in Vol. 5, p.49, inventory item AA338/5/1. An alternative annotation in Vol. 5: 'Old man of Wailpi Tribe. Wanjulda (Yalpu totem) Mt Serle N. Flinders Range 12. 1924.' Annotations by Tindale.
   
   
7. 'Wanjulda Mt Serle Rec SAM. Iii 1925 p 47' (Records of the South Australian Museum 3(1). 45-60).
   One b/w acetate positive, and one b/w photographic print (inverted image) available in Vol. 5, p.49, inventory item AA338/5/1. An alternative annotation in Vol. 5: 'Old man of Wailpi Tribe. Wanjulda (Yalpu totem) Mt Serle N. Flinders Range 12. 1924.'. Annotations by Tindale.
   
   
8. 'Wanjulda Mt Serle Rec SAM. Iii 1925 p 47' (Records of the South Australian Museum 3(1). 45-60).
   One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
   
   
9. 'Full-blood Mt Serle Wailpi tribe'.
   One b/w acetate positive, and one b/w photographic print (inverted image) available in Vol. 5, p.49, inventory item AA338/5/1. An alternative annotation in Vol. 5: 'Full-blood women. Mt Serle'. Annotations by Tindale.
   
   
10. 'Mutilation of Euc. [Eucalyptus] rostrata in search of grubs Wailpi tribe Owiendana'.
    One b/w acetate positive and one b/w photographic print (inverted image) available in Vol. 5, p.49, inventory item AA338/5/1. An alternative annotation in Vol. 5: 'Cuts made in searching for grubs in trunks of Euc. Rostrataby Native of Wailpi Tribe Owiendana, N. Flinders Ra. 11. 1924'. Annotations by Tindale.
    
    
11. 'Pure blood girl Mt Serle Wailpi tribe 12. 1924'.
    One b/w acetate positive and two b/w photographic prints (inverted image) available in Vol. 5, p.49, inventory item AA338/5/1. An alternative annotation in Vol. 5: 'Full blooded child of Wailpi Tribe Mt Serle, 122. 1924'. Annotations by Tindale.
    
    
12. No caption.
    Two elder men sitting in front of a horse carriage. This photograph was possibly taken by N. B. Tindale during his 1924 trip to Flinders Ranges. One of the men seems to be the abovementioned Wanjulda (also known as Sydney). See also N. B. Tindale's journal AA338/1/3, p 11-12. The two men are likely to be Sydney and Charlie.
    
    
13. 'Old framework of hut Owiendana N Flinders Ra'.
    One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
14. 'H. M. H. [H. M. Hale] Malkaia paintings 12. 1924'.
    HM Hale standing in the shade of a rock shelter containing rock paintings. One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
15. 'Owiendana N Flinders Ra Wailpi tribe'.
    Rock painting. One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
16. 'Owiendana N. Flinders Ra Wailpi tribe'.
    Rock painting. One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
17. As per no. 16.
    
    
18. 'Owiendana N. Flinders Ra Wailpi tribe'.
    Rock painting. One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
19. As per no. 18.
    
    
20. 'Malkaia cave painting Wailpi tribe'.
    Rock painting. One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
21. 'Malkaia N. Flinders Ra Wailpi tribe cave paintings'.
    One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
22. 'Malkaia cave paintings Malkaia N. Fl. Ra. Wailpi tribe'.
    One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
23. 'Malkaia cave Wailpi tribe'.
    One b/w acetate positive, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
24. 'Section shelter at Fromms Landing River Murray Made by N. B. Tindale July 1927. a. 17 inches sterile sand weathered from cliff. B. intermittent layers charcoal burnt sand 30 in. c. continuous layers of charcoal and ash etc. starting abruptly on top of b. d. 4 inches distributed layer of ash etc.'.
    One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
25. 'Markings upper Shelter Fromms Landing R. M. July 1927'.
    One b/w photographic print depicting rock carving[s], annotated by Tindale.
    
    
26. 'Markings in soft Miocene sandstone Upper shelter, Fromms Landing, River Murray. S. Aust. July 1927'.
    Three b/w photographic prints depicting rock carving[s], annotated by Tindale.
    
    
27. 'Typical superficial wind blown deposit of camp site debris deposited from a layer c 1 ft in thickness on to of sandhills.'.
    One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale. (Fromms Landing, 1927?).
    
    
28. 'Shelter, 6 m N of Blanchetown, on W. bank R. Murray Scale cm'.
    One b/w photographic print depicting rock carvings, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
29. 'Shelter 6 m N. Blanchetown on W. bank Murray R. Scale in cm'.
    One b/w photographic print depicting rock carvings, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
30. 'Shelter W. bank Murray 6 m. above Blanchetown'.
    One b/w photographic print depicting rock carvings, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
31. 'Shelter 6 m N of Blanchetown on W. Bank Murray R. Scale: 100 cm'.
    Two b/w photographic prints depicting rock carvings, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
32. 'Shelter 6 m N of Blanchetown on W. bank Murray R. Scale = 100 cm'.
    One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
33. 'Shelter 6 m N of Blanchetown on W. bank Murray R. Scale 100 cm'.
    One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
34. 'Shelter 6 m N. Blanchetown on W. bank of Murray R.'.
    One b/w photographic print annotated by Tindale.
    
    
35. 'Shelter 6 m N of Blanchetown on W. bank. Murray. Dots mark line of section afterwards made by N. B. Tindale Sept. 1928'.
    An image of N. B. Tindale and H. M. Hale examining a rock shelter. Rock carving(s) in the background. One b/w photographic print, annotated by Tindale.
    
    
36. 'Ourenalkana [?] Gorge Moolooloo'.
    A man, horse and carriage travelling along a (dirt) road among the trees. One b/w photograph, annotated by another source, undated. The print has been stamped on the back: 'South Australian Govt. Photo. Dept.'.
    
    
37. 'Moolooloo'.
    One b/w photographic print depicting a landscape: a woman standing on the bank of a creek among the trees. Annotation by another source, undated. The print has been stamped on the back: 'South Australian Govt. Photo. Dept.'.
    
    
38. 'The Guardian of the Gap Flinders Ranges'.
    Two women, a horse and carriage in forest scenery, standing near a natural rock formation. One b/w photographic print, annotated by another source, undated.
    
    

Tindale Tribes: Wailpi.