Coordinates WGS84 | 22°55'S, 139°55'E -22.91, 139.91 |
Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum
Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: "E013380 23 Mar 1905 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Queensland Channel Country Boulia Sent to Clonagh [ref reg]; Made in Upper Flinders region, sent to Clonagh, Queensland [ref LC] Purchase Roth, Dr Walter Edmund" EMu: "Wunumurra tribe; sent to Clonagh 1895 [ref reg]; Message stick (ref LC): Maker. Made bya Woonamurra from Flinders District (ethno. Stud. p.138)"
Date Created: 1905
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 Boulia, Channel Country, Queensland
Source types: museum collection
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013380
Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund
Coordinates: 22°54'38.498400"S,139°54'38.401200"E (-22.910694, 139.910667)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Boulia, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Boulia is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman