ANON1974P3

Title: A photo of a message stick in an article (1974)

Description: Caption reads: "Mr Nelson Gavenor, left, chairman of Mornington Island Aboriginal Council, and Mr Jacob Walamby and Mr Donald Pinkina who hold positions at the Aurukun Reserve, deliver a message stick to the Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, in Canberra yesterday. The stick warns that tribal elders will cause floods throughout their lands unless the land-rights issue is clarified within the next two months" The Canberra Times, Saturday 21 September 1974

Message: tribal elders will cause floods throughout their lands unless the land-rights issue is clarified within the next two months

Date Created: 1974

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

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

Subtype: political

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Lardil Austlang: G38 - Lardil Glottolog: lard1243

Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Linngithigh Austlang: Y26 - Linngithigh Glottolog: leni1238

Notes on linguistic areas: Linguistic areas are given for Mornington Island (Lardi) and Aurukun (Linngithigh). Centroid coordinates are given for Lardil

Semantic domains: sd_warning

Source types: newspaper article

Coordinates: 16°32'0.999600"S,139°24'24.901200"E  (-16.533611, 139.406917)

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Lardil

URL source 1: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page15957571

URL source 2: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136986889

Notes: The article begins on page one and continues on page three under the heading 'Laws for Aborigines' (see both URLs

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly