Coordinates WGS8427°25'S, 117°54'E
-27.42, 117.90

AMus_E008493

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: AMus spreadsheet October 2022: "E008493 10 Feb 1899 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Mid West Cue Cue four-mile, Western Asutralia ref reg Purchase Richards, Henry"

Date Created: 1899

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Cue, Mid West, Western Australia

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Registration Date: 10-02-1899

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E008493

Collector: Purchased by Henry Richards

Coordinates: 27°25'15.600000"S,117°53'45.600000"E  (-27.421, 117.896)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cue, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Cue is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, located 620 km north-east of Perth.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=15083&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman