Harvard and Adelaide Universities, 1938-1939 and University of California Los Angeles, 1952-1954, expeditions

This item is the first of three volumes containing raw and summary data on the serology of Aboriginal Communities from the University of California Los Angeles expedition of 1952-1954, and also includes data on relevant tribes from the Harvard and Adelaide University expedition of 1938-1939. Data was recorded from the following 'Tindale Tribes' (see AA 338):

  • Nangata [Nangatadjara]

  • Mandjindja

  • 'Nada'

  • Kartudjara

  • Mandjildjara

  • Kokatja

  • Nardi [Ngardi]

  • Djaru

  • Wandjira

  • Kitja

  • Indjibandi

  • Njamal

  • Wanman

  • Nangamarda [Njangamarda]

  • 'Wonkadjunga'

  • Wenambal



The pages in this journal have been numbered by Birdsell. There are 42 pages of data tables and two blank pages. This item was previously identified as 'Birdsell Collection Notebook 15'. 'Serology 1', printed on cover.

Corresponding Tindale Tribes: Nangatadjara; Mandjindja; Kartudjara; Mandjildjara; Kokatja; Ngardi; Djaru; Wandjira; Kitja; Indjibandi; Njamal; Wanman; Njangamarda; Wenamba.

CreatorDr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
ControlAA 689/1/7/1
Date Range1952  -  1954
Quantity 0.8cm,   1   Faded blue hard-bound notebook with red binding, 44pp., 31.8x20.2 cm
FormatsNumeric Data, Notebooks, Tables of data
Series AA689/01