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Taplin, G. (1872)
IAAS 0095
'Notes on a comparative table of Australian languages', pp.84-88 in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.1.
Compares a word list of Nyungar (from Moore) with other vocabulary lists from elsewhere in Australia.
Taylor, C. (1886)
IAAS 0043
'Vocabulary no.33, From Doubtful Bay to Israelite Bay: the Ngokgurring or Shell people', pp.392-393 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
108 words
Taylor, D. (1987a)
PALC 060
[Warnman language notes].
Word list and sentences collected at Punmu.
Taylor, D. (1987b)
PALC 071
Warnman Wimi, audiocassette.
A recording of a Warnman word list.
Taylor, D., T. Jadai and N. Thieberger (1987)
PALC 070
Warnman picture vocabulary, ts.
A picture vocabulary based on the IAD Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara book, each of about ninety words with an illustrative sentence.
Taylor, D. and N. Thieberger (1988a)
Warnman audiotapes and fieldnotes.
An ongoing project, texts and songs (audio/video cassette).
Taylor, D. and N. Thieberger (1988b)
ASEDA, PALC 075
Warnman word list, ts.
An ongoing dictionary project.
Terry, F. and V. Hamersley (1949)
Bat PR342
Word list, MS.
Words mentioning the Gascoyne and Ashburton Rivers, but of uncertain origin. Information supplied by Mrs Filumena Terry and Mr V.Hamersley.
Terry, M. (1928)
IAAS 0160
Untold miles: three gold hunting expeditions amongst the picturesque borderland ranges of Central Australia, Selwyn and Blount, London.
Page 280 includes a vocabulary of 28 words in Wangkatha.
Thieberger, N. (1981)
IAAS 0172, AIATSIS MS1992
Subordination and co-ordination in Ngaanyatjara and Kalkatungu, BA (Hons) thesis, La Trobe University.
A typology of subordinate clauses in Ngaanyatjara, discussion of switch-reference (disagrees with McGregor (1979) ).
Thieberger, N. (1989)
ASEDA
'Martu statements on the ownership of Karlamlyi', pp.234-248 in G. Wright, (ed) The significance of the Karlamilyi region to the Martujarra of the Western Desert, Western Desert Puntukurnuparna Aboriginal Corporation, Port Hedland.
A collection of statements and translations in Warnman and Manjiljarra about ownership of the Rudall River area (Karlamilyi).
Thieberger, N. (1990)
Warnman fieldnotes.
Thieberger, N. and A.Smith (1986)
ASEDA, PALC 079, IAAS 0192
Yinhawangka fieldnotes and tapes (audiotape and MS).
Word list and a few sentences in Yinhawangka and Banyjima.
Threlkeld, L.E. (1892)
IAAS 0185
An Australian language as spoken by the Awabakal, Charles Potter, Sydney.
Appendix C includes a 'Grammar of the language spoken by the Aborigines of Western Australia'(pp.48-56), a work largely taken from Symmons (1842).
Tilbrook, L. (1983)
The first South Westerners: Aborigines of South Western Australia, WACAE, Perth.
Tindale, N.B. (1932)
Journal of an expedition to Mt Leibig, Central Australia, to do anthropological research, August 1932, MS.
Kukatja, Jumu, Ngalia, Anmatjera, Pintubi and Aranda. May be Kukatja (SA).
Tindale, N.B. (1933)
Journal of an anthropological expedition to the Mann and Musgrave Ranges, May-July 1933, MS.
Vocabulary of 2,830 words in Pitjantjatjara, Pintupi, Ngalia, Kukatja and Ngaadadjara.
Tindale, N.B. (1935a)
Journal of a visit to the Warburton Range, Western Australia, ts.
Vocabulary from Ngaadadjara, Mandjindja, Nangadadjara.
Tindale, N.B. (1935b)
SA Museum
Songs (wax cylinder).
Collection of about 60 songs from the Warburton Ranges.
Tindale, N.B. (1936a)
'General report on the anthropological expedition to the Warburton Range, Western Australia, July-September', 1935, pp.481-485 in Oceania, Vol.6, no.4.
Tindale, N.B. (1936b)
'Legend of the Wati Kutjara, Warburton Range, Western Australia', pp.168-185 in Oceania, Vol.6, no.2.
Map and explanation of an ancestral journey, placenames, legend, songs with texts in Ngadadjara with translation (BFC 1987).
Tindale, N.B. (1937)
AIATSIS MS713
Vocabulary of Pitjandjara, the language of the natives of the Great Western Desert, ts.
Alphabetically listed, Pitjantjatjara- English (BFC 2024).
Tindale, N.B. (1938)
'A game from the Great Western Desert of Australia', pp.128-129 in Man, Vol.38.
A sentence and words from Ngadadjara involved in a game played by children around Warburton.
Tindale, N.B. (1939a)
Vocabulary no.81, Koreng Tr., Gairdner River, Australian vocabularies, MS.
100 words.
Tindale, N.B. (1939b)
Vocabulary no.82, Nonga, at Thomas River, Australian vocabularies, MS.
100 words.
Tindale, N.B. (1939c)
Vocabulary no.86, Ngadjunma, Australian vocabularies, MS.
75 words.
Tindale, N.B. (1939d)
Vocabulary no.89, Kala:mai, Australian vocabularies, MS.
80 words.
Tindale, N.B. (1939e)
Vocabulary no.99, Kala:ko, Australian vocabularies, MS.
7words.
Tindale, N.B. (1951)
Second visit to Ooldea, to study the Aborigines, ts.
90 words in Pitjantjatjara, Pintupi, Ngalia and Ngaadadjara.
Tindale, N.B. (1952-54)
Field journal of Norman B.Tindale: 18th expedition under the auspices of Board for Anthropological Research, University of Adelaide and the University of California at Los Angeles, 1952-1954 (ts and MS).
Notebooks for 31 weeks of fieldwork, including Fry frameworks of kinship and class terms for 38 tribes and parallel vocabularies of 30 languages (180 words in each) including Manjiljara, Warnman, Mangala, Walmajari, Nangatara, Kartutjarra, Ngulipartu and Kukaja; supplementary data in South Australian Museum includes two folio books of genealogies and approximately 200 drawings and native's maps of their territories; sealed set of anthropometric measurements and standard portraits of 1,885 persons by J.B. Birdsell preserved in South Australian Museum (AIATSIS).
Tindale, N.B. (1953a)
SA Museum
Recordings at the North-West of Australia (wax cylinder).
Collection of songs from Marble Bar in Palyku, from Roebourne in Kurrama, from La Grange in Karajarri.
Tindale, N.B. (1953b)
SA Museum
Songs (wax cylinder).
Two songs from Yandeyarra (in Kariyarra) and Pilgangoora well.
Tindale, N.B. (1957a)
SA Museum
Recordings at the North-West of Australia (wax cylinder).
Songs in Palyku.
Tindale, N.B. (1957b)
Talangji lexical list, MS.
Tindale, N.B. (1959)
PALC 053
'Totemic beliefs in the Western Desert of Australia, pt 1, Women who became the Pleiades', pp.305-332 in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.13, no.3.
Deals with myths of the Wangkatha, Pitjantjatjara, Ngatatjara, and Yangkunytjara.
Tindale, N.B. (1963a)
SA Museum
Journal of a visit to the Rawlinson Range area in the Great Western Desert, MS.
Discusses the distribution of the Nakako, Ngadadjara and Pitjantjatjara.
Tindale, N.B. (1963b)
SA Museum
Songs (audiotape).
13 dances and songs recorded at the Rawlinson Ranges.
Tindale, N.B. (1963c)
PALC 054
'Totemic beliefs in the Western Desert of Australia, pt 2, Musical rocks and associated objects of the Pitjantjatjara people', pp.419-514 in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.14, no.3.
Some musical terminology associated with gongs, musical rocks used in increase rituals.
Tindale, N.B. (1963d)
'Visit to the North-West of South Australia and Western Australia April-May 1957', in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.14, no.3.
Pages 499-514 are lists of words in Pitjantjatjara.
Tindale, N.B. (1965)
IAAS 0162
'Stone implement making among the Nakako, Ngadadjara, and Pitjandjara of the Great Western Desert', in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.15, no.1.
Lists names of stone implements for an area between the Rawlinson and Blackstone Ranges.
Tindale, N.B. (1966)
'Insects as food for the Australian Aborigines', pp.179-183 in Australian Natural History,Vol.15, no.6.
Tools used, methods of digging for termites and honey in Ngaatatjarra from Lightning Rocks (BFC 1986).
Tindale, N.B. (1968)
Journal of a visit to South Western Australia, October-December 1968, MS.
Transcriptions of audiotapes, data on Ngadjumaya and Watjarri (BFC 2011).
Tindale, N.B. (1972)
PALC 039
'The Pitjandjara', pp.217-268 in M.G. Bicchieri, (ed.) Hunters and gatherers today, Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, New York.
Names of seasons and everyday and ceremonial objects, and of kin terms. A glossary of about 110 words.
Tindale, N.B. (1974)
Aboriginal tribes of Australia, ANU Press, Canberra.
A general work which lists all Aboriginal groups with locations.
Tindale, N.B. (1981)
Desert Aborigines and the southern coastal peoples: some comparisons, MS.
Spatial organisation, the tribe and the horde; mineral deficient soils and low population among the Ngarkat, Njakinjaki, Kalamaia and Ngadjunmaia; infant nutrition, protection, campsites, clothing; basic foods; ceremonial beliefs regarding food and water; role of dingo in maintaining water supplies (AIATSIS).
Tindale, N.B. (1987)
'Kariara views of some rock engravings at Port Hedland, Western Australia', pp.43-59 in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.21, no.1.
Includes some Kariyarra vocabulary and song words, as well as interpretations of rock engravings by Kariyarra people recorded in 1953.
Tindale, N.B. (n.d.a)
Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia 1938-1939; journals and notes (ts and MS).
Sixty-five weeks of fieldwork, parallel vocabularies for 147 Western Desert languages, about 110 words each (BFC2006).
Tindale, N.B. (n.d.b)
Journal of a trip to Western Australia in search of tribal data, March- April 1966, MS.
Distribution data on Ngatatjarra and Galamaya and audiotape records (BFC 2009).
Tindale, N.B. (n.d.c)
Journal of a visit to the Warburton Range, Western Australia, July- September 1935, (ts and MS).
Myths, stories, songs, vocabulary in Ngatatjarra, Nana, Mandjindja, Nangadadjara (BFC 2012).
Tindale, N.B. (n.d.d)
Talandji lexical list, MS.
Tjupurrula, P. (1985)
Tjampitjinpa taraantarringu. (Early contact experiences near Mt Leibig.) Translated by M. Roberts; illustrated by D. Nelson, Papunya Literature Production Centre, Papunya.
Tonkinson, R. (1963)
UWA Anthropology Department
Songs (audiotape).
Songs from Jigalong (4.5 hours), restricted (ceremonial songs).
Tonkinson, R. (1964-65)
Songs (audiotape).
Songs from Jigalong, ceremonial songs, rainmaking, Walawalangu songline (7 hours), Nyanayi songline (7 hours), Nyurnguny/Mirlgu songline (10 hours), Warmburgudjara songline (1 hour), Ngayunangalgu songline.
Tonkinson, R. (1965a)
[Annotations to accompany 8 min. col. movie films shot at Jigalong Mission, 1964-65].
Notes on Njungunj (Milgu) ritual - Kangaroo Man (Malu) circumcision, subincision films1967 (AIATSIS).
Tonkinson, R. (1965b)
PALC 031, IAAS 0097
Gardudjara vocabulary, ts.
About 650 words arranged topically in a practical spelling system.
Tonkinson, R. (1965c)
Some suggestions regarding contact with Desert Aborigines, ts.
Guide for Native Welfare Officers; choice of interpreter, patient attitude to group, giving food, name recording, storing and collecting of sacred objects, transport and avoidance relationship, etiquette for new arrivals to camp or mission, English names, advises remaining on hand 2 or 3 days, health check, first return visit; routine visits to fringe settlements, importance of consulting in camp at their level, gaining confidence, Aboriginal attitudes (AIATSIS).
Tonkinson, R. (1966)
Social structure and acculturation of Aborigines in the Western Desert, MA thesis, UWA.
Kin terms in Manjiljarra and Kartujarra, terms involved in spiritual beliefs and rituals.
Tonkinson, R. (1974)
The Jigalong mob: Aboriginal victors of the desert crusade, Cummings, Menlo Park, California.
Tonkinson, R. (1978a)
PALC 189
'Semen versus spirit-child in a western desert culture [spiritual and physiological paternity among Aborigines at Jigalong]' pp.81-92 in L.R. Hiatt, (ed.) Australian Aboriginal concepts, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra.
Tonkinson, R. (1978b)
PALC 085
The Mardudjara Aborigines: living the dream in Australia's desert, Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, New York.
An anthropological description of the life of the Martujarra Aboriginal people of Jigalong. Martujarra is the name of the people who use 'martu' as one of their words for 'people'. These groups are principally Kartujarra, Kurajarra, Manjiljarra, Kiyajarra, and Putijarra.
Tonkinson, R. (1991)
The Mardu Aborigines: Living the Dream in Australia's Desert, Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, New York.
A revised version of the 1978 work, with an additional chapter on the contemporary scene.
Trimmer, K. (1983a)
IAAS 0134
'The contrast between palatals and dentals in Wangkatha', p.15 in Ngali, June 1983, SAL, Batchelor.
Argues the phonemic distinction of palatals and dentals in Wangkatha, unlike other Western Desert languages where (e.g.) 'tj' and 'th' are allophones of the same phoneme.
Trimmer, K. (1983b)
IAAS 0135
You can read Wangkatha too, SAL, Batchelor.
An introduction to the spelling system of Wangkatha, a Western Desert language, includes a short word list and story.
Trimmer, K. (1986)
IAAS 0139
Wanggatha dictionary ( draft).
822 words of Wanggatha (Mt Margaret) listed, together with some grammatical notes on verb classes.
Trudinger, R.M. (1943)
'Grammar of the Pitjantjatjara dialect, Central Australia', pp.205-223 in Oceania, Vol.13, no.3.
A sketch of the language from the Mann and Musgrave Ranges.
Trudinger, R.M. (n.d.)
Pitjantjatjara grammar, ts, Ernabella Mission.
Tsunoda, T. (n.d.)
PALC 184, AIATSIS PMS1882
Comments on K. McKelson's 'A comparative study of pronouns', ts.
8 pages of notes on the grammar, including a partial list of suffixes.
Turner, J. (1969)
The Swan River natives and the Walyunga site, MS.
Historical notes on early exploration, location of Bibbulmun people from Bates, locations of Wadjug, Binjareb, Bibelmen, Wudjari, Wilmen and Balardong tribes from R.M. and C.H. Berndt, notes on work of Francis Armstrong, headmen and numbers of tribal groups; on: 1- south side of Swan estuary from Canning branch to Safety and the Darling scarp; 2- to Gyngoorda, Upper Swan and Ellen's Brook; 3- east of the Swan and Canning, Perth established in territory of Yellagonga; Walyunga site - area, stone flakes, some stone brought from elsewhere; maps show approximate locations of tribal territories (AIATSIS).
UAM
Miscellaneous bible translation.
Collection of many books and pamphlets, all bible stories (in Ngaanyatjarra).
United Aborigines Mission (1964)
Kurumpa kayan (book one in Walmatjiri), UAM, Kalgoorlie.
A primer in Walmajarri.
United Aborigines Mission (1965a)
Kurumpa kuring (book two in Walmatjiri), UAM, Kalgoorlie.
A primer in Walmajarri.
United Aborigines Mission (1965b)
Kurumpa kuring kuring (book four in Walmatjiri), UAM, Kalgoorlie.
A primer in Walmajarri.
United Aborigines Mission (1965c)
Ngatjukura kurumpa kutatjati wangki (My book of short stories in Walmatjiri), UAM, Kalgoorlie.
A primer in Walmajarri.
United Aborigines Mission (1978)
Tjukurrpa Tarrirrinyatjarra, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
'The Story of Tariri' (in Ngaanyatjarra).