AMus_E029636

Title: A message stick from Murchison, Western Australia held in the Australian Museum

Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: " E029636 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Mid West Murchison "

Date Created: 1925

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Watjarri Austlang: A39 - Wajarri / Wadjarri Glottolog: waja1257

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Murchison, Mid West, Western Australia. This is within Watjari country.

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E029636

Coordinates: 26°08'6.601200"S,116°10'28.999200"E  (-26.135167, 116.174722)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Murchison proper

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=82556&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Notes: REGISTER

Date: Nov 11, 1925

Name or description: Message stick, or "Passport"

Locality: Central Murchison

How acquired: Purch. J. F. Connelly

References to papers: (see ante)

Destination or remarks: List no. 1

OTHER NOTES

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly