ANON1942

Title: A photo of a message stick in an article (1942)

Description: From article: "PROBLEM FOR CENSOR! This unusual mail item, an aboriginal message stick carrying greet- ings from an aborigine in the A.I.F.[PK: Australian Imperial Force] to a kinsman in the Northern Territory, gave military censors their biggest headache to date. Inci- sions on the twig form the message, while on the slip of paper threaded to one end of the twig is the address. The 'Passed by Cen- sor' stamp shows how know ledgeable military censers are expected to be. — A.I.F. official photo."

Date Created: 1942

Notes on date created: Exact year

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

Subtype: traditional

Cultural region: unlocalisable

URL source 1: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75888536

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly