39 black-and-white and 3 colour photographs from 1890 to 1940 from the South Australian Museum showing the customs, rituals and ways of life of the aboriginal people of South Australia.

The photos were taken by seven non-professional photographers: Frank Gillen (anthropologist), Albert White (ornithologist), WD Walker (doctor), George Aiston (ethnographer), Ernest Kramer (itinerant missionary), Cecil Hackett (anthropologist) and Rex Battarbee.