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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Anthropometric data comparing groups with traditional lifestyles to those with more acculturate lifestyles

Archive Collections / Dr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell / Series AA689/01 / Anthropometric data comparing groups with traditional lifestyles to those with more acculturate lifestyles

This item contains anthropometric data comparing groups with traditional lifestyles to those with more acculturate lifestyles in the Northern Territory. Data was recorded for the following areas:

  • Yirrkala

  • Oenpelli

  • Umbakumba

  • Groote [Groote Eylandt]



This item also contains a section entitled 'Preliminary Data on Tribal Areas' NB Tindale (1971, see AA 338) and JB Birdsell (1952) which includes comparative lists of groups and area to nearest hundred mile square. Data was recorded for Queensland, South Australia, Central Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Northern Australia.

The pages of this journal are numbered. The first five pages are missing and consequently the journal consists of pp. 6-48. There are 30 pages of data and 8 blank pages. This item was previously identified as 'Birdsell Collection Notebook 6'. '12 Columns' printed on cover.

CreatorDr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
ControlAA 689/1/14
Date Range1952  -  1971
Quantity 1cm,   1   black spiral hard-bound notebook, 38pp, 24x19cm
FormatsNumeric Data, Notebooks
Series AA689/01
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