| Coordinates WGS84 | 18°16'S, 146°01'E -18.26, 146.02 |
AMus_E095180
Title: A message stick created by Daniel Beeron in the Australian Museum
Message: The message stick tells the story of Jason Woods who worked and supervised the Orange Army at Girringun after Cyclone Yasi. This is the track he took every day for 16 months from Ingham through the Cardwell Ranges to Girringun
Creator of Object: Daniel Beeron
Date Created: 2012
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: replicative_artistic
State/Territory: QLD
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Cardwell, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Registration date 02.11.2012
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E095180
Collector: Frank Howarth
Coordinates: 18°15'46.101600"S,146°01'28.300800"E (-18.262806, 146.024528)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cardwell, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Cardwell is a coastal town and rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Cardwell is located roughly mid way between Townsville and Cairns.
Notes: Australian Museum's Search & Discover team replied to PK's request for more information, on 21 January 2021: "“Daniel Beeron is the creator of the message stick (E095180). The message stick was purchased from the Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre stall at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fare in 2012. Story related to this item as follows: This message stick relates to the 'Muwaga and Mindi' project, or 'Message Sticks and Mindi Baskets' (see trim file 12/1015 for more information on the project). The message stick tells the story of Jason Woods who worked and supervised the Orange Army at Girringun after Cyclone Yasi. This is the track he took every day for 16 months from Ingham through the Cardwell Ranges to Girringun.”
Media Files:
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman