| Coordinates WGS84 | 17°16'S, 145°29'E -17.26, 145.49 |
WWT1926P424F3
Title: Photo of a message stick from Queensland by W.W. Thorpe (1926)
Description: Photo of message stick on p. 424 of “Aboriginal message sticks” by W. W. Thorpe
Message: Can't come till after Christmas; wait two weeks more, me come with the Tully and Cedar Creek boys. Tully boys want spell after big walk-about. All boys will be at Scrubby Creek to meet you in two weeks. (p. 424) The context of this is a reply to a message associated with AMus_E018337: "From Billy Brookes to Jack Gerambey. We want you to bring all boys from Tully, Cedar Creek and Glenalis to fight Goldfield mob, Marraber, Tinaroo, Barron River, Geranda, and Atherton boys; fight take place Scrubby Creek next Sunday." (p. 424)
Date Created: 1926
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)
Subtype: traditional
State/Territory: QLD
Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Djirbal Austlang: Y123 - DYIRBAL / JIRRBAL Glottolog: dyir1250
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Atherton, Cairns District, Queensland according to the documentation. Atherton and Tully are in the Djirbal linguistic area and Cedar Creek is a long way away in the Turubul linguistic area northwest of Brisbane. Linguistic area is thus given as Djirbal.
Semantic domains: sd_meeting, sd_time, to_exhibit
Sources:
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum
Coordinates: 17°15'53.600400"S,145°29'14.499600"E (-17.264889, 145.487361)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Atherton
Media Files:
Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup