SAM_A_45825

Title: A message stick objecting to Garidjalalug's intended marriage to Andrew in Milingimbi

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Message: From register: "A message stick about Grigalalok [Garidjalalug]. Three men brought it and said they don't want her to marry Andrew. Milingimbi too far."

Date Created: 1954

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem: 12 April 1954 (date accessioned at South Australian Museum)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Maung Austlang: N64 - Mawng Glottolog: maun1240

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Linguistic area is inferred from Goulburn Island.

Cultural region: TopEnd

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-45825

Collector: Donated by: Norman, H.A.

Coordinates: 11°36'36.298800"S,133°25'2.701200"E  (-11.610083, 133.417417)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: An approximate central point for South Goulburn Islands

Notes: It is likely that the two individuals referred to in this message stick are are Rosie Guritjaluk from Goulburn Island who married Andrew Birrinydjawuy in Milingimbi in 1927. This story is written up here: https://messagesticks.com.au/guritjaluk-must-not-marry-andrew-milingimbi-too-far/ Many of the images of "Rosie" in SLNSW metadata are in fact images of Rosie of Mapoon and not Guritjaluk. Note also that the image of Rosie on p192 of Hamby, Louise, and with Dr Gumbula. 2015. "Development of collecting at the Milingimbi Mission." In Strings of connectedness: Essays in honour of Ian Keen, edited by Peter G Toner, 187-214. Canberra: ANU Press, is also likely to be Rosie of Mapoon and not Rosie "wife of Andrew Birrinydjawuy Garawirrtja" per the caption (pers. comm. Bronwyn Shepherd). Many more images of Andrew Birrinydjawuy are in: Gumbula, Joseph Neparrŋa. 2011. Mali’ Buku-Rruŋanmaram: Images from Miliŋinbi (Milingimbi) and Surrounds, 1926–1948. Sydney: Darlington Press. There are only two positive images of Guritjaluk, and these are compiled here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwT-msqh7lnxF-YSkOAP0nSx3stcqMTp0xS0SO_WCHE/edit#heading=h.h3gfbbqdb0y3 AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information. PK: Possible identities of H. A. Norman and W. A. Norman recorded in this 1963 High Court document: https://staging.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgments/1963/007--NORMAN_v._FEDERAL_COMMISSIONER_OF_TAXATION--(1963)_109_CLR_9.html

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski

Related Entries: SAM_A_45824, SAM_A_45826