SAM_A_62540

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1935

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem AR: SAM register remarks column "1935 or 1936 A. Musgrave"; 1935/6

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: SA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is East-West Railway line near the Western Australian border, South Australia

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 22 Nov 1971 (SAM register, date registered)

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-62540

Collector: Purchased from: Mountford, Charles P. AR: SAM Register: 1935 (or 36) A Musgrave

Coordinates: 30°45'50.799600"S,128°59'49.200000"E  (-30.764111, 128.997)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Approximate point on the East-West Railway line near the SA/WA border line, per Google maps.

Notes: AR: Checked against SAM Register

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman