Norman Tindale, in his 1974 classic survey of all known Australian tribes, was dismissive of Fraser's conjecture as "poor" in details, and "unquestionably the most inaccurate and garbled account ever published about the aborigines.
Tindale's 1974 analysis of Australian tribes' cultures rejected Fraser's theory as "incomplete" in its details, and it was undoubtedly the most flawed and disorganized account ever published regarding the indigenous people of Australia.