MusV_X_000974

Title: A message stick from Hughenden in Museums Victoria

Description: MV object description, PDF: "A cylindrical section of wood incised with designs. The ends taper to a point." X 000974, Message stick, Yirandali, Hughenden, Eyre, Queensland, Australia, pre 1892, Registered Youl, R MD (Presented, 14 Oct 1892) Yirandali Hughenden Queensland Original register: "Date Received: 1892. Oct. 14. 974. Of Myall wood, (Acacia harpophylla) covered with incised oblique lines, Guiba-Thulba [?] tribe, Hughenden, North Queensland. Presented by R. Youl, M.D. through Sir George Vendon."

Date Created: 1892

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (registered 14 Dec 1892)

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Yirandali Austlang: L42 - Yirandali Glottolog: yira1239

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Yirandali, Hughenden, Eyre, Queensland. Cultural Groups: Yirandali

Dimension 1: 130mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 974

Collector: R Youl

Place collected: Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

Coordinates: 20°50'43.000800"S,144°11'55.500000"E  (-20.845278, 144.19875)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria Copyright Museums Victoria / All Rights Reserved / Reuse May Require Cultural Clearances (Licensed as All Rights Reserved)

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Hughenden, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Hughenden is a rural town and locality in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia. The Yirandhali are an indigenous Australian people, who lived in the area of the present day Shire of Flinders in the state of Queensland.

URL institution: https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/158174

Notes: MusV ComSecondaryComments: "The original entry for Tribe/Group was Oriba Kulba, however Lindy Allen believes this is possibly the nameof the object. The Tribe/Group name was updated in June 1994. The AIATSIS Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australa notes under entry for Yirandali: people of the Eyre region on the headwaters of the Thomson and Flinders Rivers ... (see page 1227). [...]" 1892-12-14 (registered)

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Julia Bespamyatnykh, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman