South Australian Aboriginal Tribes

This guide to sources relating to the Aboriginal history of South Australia was last updated by Library staff in 2016. It comprises selected material held by the State Library or available online.

To find further material relevant to this topic, try searching with this subject heading in the State Library catalogue:

Aboriginal Australians - South Australia - History

Aborigin* and South Australia and History

If you are looking for the history of specific towns, regions, Aboriginal communities or language groups, try searching with this subject heading in the State Library catalogue:

Aboriginal Australians - South Australia - (Geographic location)

Aborigin* and (Geographical location)
(Aboriginal Language group) eg. Ngadjuri

Histories of some Aboriginal language groups have been brought together on the other tabs of this Library Guide. Resources relating to Aboriginal missions in South Australia can be found on another guide.