AMus_E029638

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

Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: " E029638 11 Nov 1925 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Mid West Lake Way Dist, E. Murchis'n [ref reg] Purchase Connelly, Mr John Francis"

Date Created: 1925

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 Mid West, Lake Way Dist, E. Murchis'n Western Australia

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Registration Date: 11-11-1925

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E029638

Coordinates: 26°35'39.400800"S,120°13'38.200800"E  (-26.594278, 120.227278)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Wiluna, Western Australia, per Google maps. "E. Murchis'n" could be a spelling mistake for "East Murchison". Found a "Geological map of Lake Way mining district, East Murchison Goldfield", where it is states that Wiluna is the closest township (https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b2141609_2).

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=19725&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman