SAM_A_55704

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1963

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Ganggalinda Austlang: G37 - Yangkaal Glottolog: nyan1300

Notes on linguistic areas: The South Australian Museum gives the term Janggal as the affiliation. The origin of the message stick is Forsyth Island, Queensland, Australia.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date Collected: Jul 1963

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-55704

Collector: Collected by: Tindale, N.B. & Aitken, P.; S.A. Museum employees

Coordinates: 16°49'7.500000"S,139°07'8.900400"E  (-16.81875, 139.119139)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates of Forsyth Island, Queensland, per google maps.

Notes: 23.10.23 NR: Checked SAM original register - no new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman