| Coordinates WGS84 | 35°S, 146°E -35.00, 146.00 |
Title: A message stick from New South Wales held in the Australian Museum
Description: Summary: Very little is known about this message stick purported to be from the Riverina region. It was collected by the artist and explorer Harry Stockdale who sold it to the Australian Museum in 1898. Stockdale was a horseman who explored the northwest of Australia. He was certainly familiar with the Riverina, and had acquired two bullroarers from that region, also sold to the museum. Without documentation on the circumstances of collection it will be unlikely that descendants can be found. Message stick from the Australian Museum AMus spreadsheet from Oct 2022: "E007658 11 Jul 1898 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia New South Wales Riverina Riverina, NSW [ref reg] Purchase Stockdale, Mr Harry" Harry Stockdale exploration: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117943128 Stockdale collection destroyed: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237553991 Riverina bullroarers: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228505185 See also in Endnote: Writer, Staff. 2011. "Harry Stockdale b. c.1841." Design & Art Australia Online. Stockdale, Harry. 1884-1885. Journal of exploration in the far north west of Australia, 1884-1885.
Date Created: 1898
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: NSW
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Riverina, New South Wales, Australia
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Registration Date 11/7/1898
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E007658
Coordinates: 35°S,146°E (-35.0, 146.0)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Approximate mid point of the Riverina region, NSW, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Riverina is an agricultural region of southwestern New South Wales, Australia. Major population and service centres in the Riverina include the cities of Wagga Wagga, Leeton, Griffith and Albury.
Notes: REGISTER
Date: July 11, 1898
Name or description: Message or tally stick
Locality: Riverina, N. S. Wales
How acquired: Purch
Name of donor or seller: H. Stockdale
Estimated or market value:
Destination:
Remarks:
OTHER NOTES
Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman