AMus_E004573

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: AMus spreadsheet 21.10.22: "02 Jun 1894 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Queensland Cape York Upper Russell R., Qld [ref reg] Purchase Day, W S"

Date Created: 1894

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Upper Russel River, Cape York, Queensland

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Registration date 02.06.1894

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E004573

Collector: Donated by: W.S. Day

Coordinates: 17°13'49.000800"S,145°57'6.001200"E  (-17.230278, 145.951667)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Random coordinates along the Upper Russel River, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Russell River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The 59-kilometre long river flows towards the Coral Sea and is located approximately 60 kilometres south of Cairns.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=2876&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman