The South Australian Museum is responsible for the largest and most comprehensive collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural material in the world, and works with Aboriginal people to bring the collection's stories to life.

Search for your ancestor via the link below.

The Museum has a dedicated Aboriginal family history unit that provides confidential and professional genealogy research for Aboriginal people researching their family history. If you would like to access this service, complete a Family History Application form.

Or you can contact the Family History Manager by phone 08 8207 7381 or by email familyhistory@samuseum.sa.gov.au

The Museum also offers an Aboriginal family history guide derived from the genealogies and data cards recorded during anthropological expeditions that took place between 1923-1963. The guide is primarily an index of names – the Name Index and is available as a publication in hardcopy and a downloadable PDF. In addition to the Name Index, each of the original genealogies for South Australia have been reproduced in RootsMagic, a genealogy software that can be made available to family history researchers as an app, or by other means. You can access the guide below.

All information and documents on this page has been sourced from the South Australian Museum website.