Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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Ernabella Ceremonies, South Australia, 1933.

BAR Expedition Symbol: I THIS FILM IS RESTRICTED.

This film is the second of two final film productions documenting the Board for Anthropological Research (BAR) expedition to Ernabella, South Australia during 7-24 August 1933. 'Ernabella Ceremonies' relates to film items (AA 346/9/8/21-34).

The cinematographers were NB Tindale (AA 338) and HK Fry (AA 105). The original master copies of the expedition films were processed in the BAR Film Catalogue as B#26-B#29. This expedition film was previous held in the NB Tindale and HK Fry collections and were transferred into the BAR collection (AA 346) in December 2005.

The South Australian Museum Archives Master Preservation tape consists of (AA 346/9/8/21 - AA 346/9/8/24). Duration 26 minutes 53 seconds, with intertitles.

Note that the time coded summary is in minutes and seconds. Following the summary of this film is a list of references and further notes. Formats Held: 16mm, SP Betacam, Digital Betacam, Access DVDs.

Summary (Time Coded): Taken from Access DVD 3 (AA 346/9/8/45)

00:00 'Ernabella Ceremonies, 1933.'

00:00 'Cultural Sensitivity Warning.'

00:00 'The Museum Board of South Australia © 1933.'


01:02 'Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 1'

01:02 Restricted Content Starts.

11:13 Restricted Content Ends.

11:13 End of 'Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 1'


11:17 'Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 2'

11:17 Restricted Content Starts.

20:51 Restricted Content Ends.

20:51 'Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 2'


20:55 Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 3 [No Intertitle]

20:55 Restricted Content Starts.

23:34 Restricted Content Ends.

23:34 Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 3 [No Intertitle]


23:36 Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 4 [No Intertitle]

23:36 Restricted Content Starts.

27:53 Restricted Content Ends.

27:53 Ernabella Ceremonies, Reel 4 [No Intertitle]

Tribal / language groups recorded during this expedition as recorded in the Data Cards (AA 346/4/15).
Tindale Tribes: Antakirinja; Jangkundjara; Kukatja (NT); Ngadadjara; Ngalea; Pitjandjara
AIATSIS Tribal / Language Groups: Antakarinja; Luritja; Ngatatjara; Pitjantjatjara; Yankuntjatjara.

  1. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. MASTER POSITIVE, REEL 1
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  2. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. MASTER POSITIVE, REEL 2
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  3. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. MASTER POSITIVE, REEL 3
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 100ft.

  4. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. MASTER POSITIVE, REEL 4
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 150ft.

  5. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. DUPLICATE NEGATIVE, REEL 1
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  6. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. DUPLICATE NEGATIVE, REEL 2
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  7. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. DUPLICATE NEGATIVE, REEL 3
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 100ft.

  8. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. DUPLICATE NEGATIVE, REEL 4
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 150ft.

  9. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. SCREENING PRINT, REEL 1
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  10. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. SCREENING PRINT, REEL 1, COPY 2
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  11. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. SCREENING PRINT, REEL 2
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 350ft.

  12. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. SCREENING PRINT, REEL 3
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 100ft.

  13. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. SCREENING PRINT, REEL 4
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 150ft.

  14. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. SCREENING PRINT, REEL 4, COPY 2
    Characteristics: 16mm, B&W, silent, 150ft.



  1. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. MASTER PRESERVATION COPY
    Format: SP Betacam
    Duration: 26 min. 53 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/8/21- AA 346/9/8/24

  2. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. DUBBING / LOAN COPY
    Format: Digital Betacam
    Duration: 26 min. 53 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/8/43

  3. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. PRESERVATION DVD 1 [TIME CODED]
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 26 min. 53 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/8/44

  4. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. PRESERVATION DVD 2
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 26 min. 53 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/8/44

  5. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. RESTRICTED ACCESS DVD 3
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 26 min. 53 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/8/45

  6. ERNABELLA CEREMONIES, 1933. RESTRICTED ACCESS DVD 4
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 26 min. 53 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/8/46

  • 'Journal of an Anthropological Expedition to the Mann and Musgrave Ranges, North West of South Australia, May - June 1933, and a personal record of the Anthropological expedition to Ernabella, Aug 1933, by Norman B Tindale.' (AA 338/1/9)

  • NB Tindale BAR Film Narrations: Tape 4 (AA 346/9/26/5) Relates to Reels 1, 2, 4.

  • NB Tindale's film summary 'Natives of Central Aust. And the Great Western Desert: A Descriptive Account of the 16mm films of the Board of Anthropological Research' Multiple copies with annotations. Incomplete manuscript. Unpublished. (AA 346/9/27/4)

CreatorBoard for Anthropological Research
ControlAA 346/9/8/21-34,43-48
Date Range07 August, 1933  -  24 August, 1933
Quantity 37cm,   20   film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs
Series AA346/09