| Coordinates WGS84 | 21°16'S, 141°17'E -21.27, 141.29 |
Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum
Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: "E013381 23 Mar 1905 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Queensland Mackinlay Police Barraks, Mackinlay [ref reg]; No place called Mackinlay in modern Gazetteer or maps, however 1:250 000 series, map ref SF.54.07 is called "Mackinlay". [LGC 16/05/96]; Auslig - National Gazetteer identifies Mackinlay as an unofficial homestead loca Purchase Roth, Dr Walter Edmund" EMu: "made by Maitakudi "gin" working at the Police Barracks. Mackinlay, to be sent to Dalgonally [ref reg]; Maker: Made bya Maitakudi woman working at Poice Barracks (ref reg) [ref LC];[...] to be sent to Dalgonally (ref reg), Julia Creek Upper Concurry R (old gallery labe-pencil text)."
Creator of Object: Messenger always trusted adult male, never a female; To be sent to Dalgonally.
Date Created: 1905
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: QLD
Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Mayi-Thakurti Austlang: G16 - Mayi-Thakurti / Mitakoodi Glottolog: mayi1234
Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Lamalama Austlang: Y136 - Mbarrumbathama Glottolog: lamu1254
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Mackinlay, Queensland, made by a Mayi-Thakurti woman. For Linguistic area 2, Dalgonally Station is at 20°07'25.0"S 141°19'07.4"E which is in Lamalama Country
Source types: museum collection
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013381
Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund
Coordinates: 21°16'18.400800"S,141°17'22.700400"E (-21.271778, 141.289639)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for McKinlay, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: McKinlay is an outback town and locality in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia. Mackinlay = McKinlay?
Notes: AMus: "Condition:complete, crack on one side. [reference Large Card] Messenger always trusted adult male, never a female; To be sent to Dalgonally."
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman