| Coordinates WGS84 | 30°47'S, 121°29'E -30.78, 121.49 |
Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum
Description: Large card: One piece wooden message stick; linear, straight; one end rounded, one end rounded point; cross-section: circular; fluted and poker burnt. AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: "E009888 22 Feb 1901 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Goldfields Boulder Boulder, West Australia [ref reg] Donation Campbell, Mr W D"
Date Created: 1901
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 Boulder, Goldfields, Western Australia
Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: kuntal ('Goondell')
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Registration Date: 22.02.1901
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E009888
Coordinates: 30°46'54.998400"S,121°29'18.999600"E (-30.781944, 121.488611)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Boulder, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Boulder is a suburb of Kalgoorlie in the Western Australian Goldfields, 597 kilometres east of Perth. Prior to 1989, Boulder was a town, but it was merged with Kalgoorlie to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
Notes: REGISTER
Date: 22 February, 1901
Consecutive number: E9888 Name or Description: Goondell or message stick
Locality: Boulder, West. Aust.
How Acquired: Pres.
Name of Donor or Seller: W. D. Campbell
Estimated or Market Value:
Destination:
Remarks:
OTHER NOTES
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman