AMus_E029639

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

Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: " E029639 11 Nov 1925 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Mid West Central Murchison [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, Central Murchison, Western Australia

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Registration Date: 11-11-1925

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E029639

Coordinates: 26°53'33.601200"S,115°57'20.700000"E  (-26.892667, 115.95575)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Murchison, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Murchison is a loosely defined area of Western Australia located within the interior of the Mid West region.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=19126&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman