AMus_E010386

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: "E010386 09 Dec 1901 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Northern Territory Arnhem Kaparlgoo Mission Kaparlgoo Mission, S'th Alligator River, Northn Territ. Aust. [ref reg] Purchase Newsham, S A"

Date Created: 1901

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Konbudj Austlang: N224 - Gonbudj

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Kaparlgoo Mission, Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E010386

Coordinates: 12°41'41.301600"S,132°22'25.500000"E  (-12.694806, 132.37375)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Kapalga billabong (approximate site of Kaparlgoo mission)

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=21948&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly