Koonibba (South Australia) genealogical notes, 1928

'Tindale Genealogical Notes Koonibba Aug.[ust] 1928'

This item comprises paper slips roughly bound into a volume with board covers. The volume is titled on an inside page: 'Genealogical Notes made on the anthropological expedition to Koonibba, on the West Coast of South Australia. By Norman B Tindale August 1928.' and ' NB Tindale's personal record copy'. Bound into the front of the volume are a rough intinerary and a note referring to Tindale's journal of the expedition (AA 338/1/5). This was Board for Anthropological Research expedition D.

The inside pages of the volume comprise typed paper slips on which data has been recorded under the following headings: (individual subject) Number, Native Name, White Name, Where born, Tribe, Totem (changed on some slips to moiety), and details of parents, siblings and children, and Remarks. Under the last category some paper slips record extra information, such as comments on an individual or social practice. This series contains paper slips on individuals numbered 1 to 58. These slips are in NB Tindale's hand.

See also AA 346/4/9 for data cards of this expedition, particularly AA 346/4/9/2, which are in the same format as these paper slips, and also BAR papers, AA 346/3.

This item contains references to the following region of South Australia: Nullarbor - Great Victoria Desert.

CreatorBoard for Anthropological Research
ControlAA 346/5/1
Date Range01 August, 1928  -  01 August, 1928
Quantity 0.8cm,   1   volume of bound notes
FormatsNotebooks
Series AA346/05