MusV_X_045968

Title: A message stick from Cue, Western Australia, in Museums Victoria

Description: Message stick, Cue, Desert Southwest, Western Australia, Australia, Registered Colgan, (Estate of) D J (Purchase, 30 Jan 1945) Cue Western Australia

Date Created: 1945

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 Cue, Western Australia

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 45968; X 045968

Collector: Registered (Estate of) D J Colgan

Coordinates: 27°25'15.600000"S,117°53'45.600000"E  (-27.421, 117.896)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cue, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Cue is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, located 620 km north-east of Perth.

Notes: MusV data: "X 045968, Message stick, Cue, Desert Southwest, Western Australia, Australia, Registered Colgan, (Estate of) D J (Purchase, 30 Jan 1945) Cue Western Australia " Original register: "Date Received: 1945, January 30. Reg no: 45968. Message Stick, length 16.0cm, width 1.8cms, carved."

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman