SAM_A_13951

Title: A message stick from Queensland held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1927

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Flinders Island Austlang: Y67 - Flinders Island language Glottolog: flin1247

Notes on linguistic areas: Walbaruja is the term in the SAM catalogue, but it cannot be identified. We are assuming it is the Flinders Island language The origin of the message stick is Flinders Island, Queensland, Australia

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date Collected: 04. Feb 1927

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-13951

Collector: Collected by: Hale, H.M. & Tindale, N.B.; South Australian Museum Expedition

Coordinates: 14°11'6.500400"S,144°15'53.200800"E  (-14.185139, 144.264778)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Flinders Island, Queensland, per Google maps.

Notes: Aiejene (male) [collected from] Walbaruja 12.10.23 NR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman