Coordinates WGS8414°05'S, 143°38'E
-14.08, 143.64

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Title: A photo of a message stick in an article (1928)

Description: Photo of message stick in 1928 "Table Talk" newspaper article "In Camp with the Stone-Age Men"

Date Created: 1928

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with the Yinjinga tribe, on the Stewart River, North-Eastern Queensland

Sources:

  • 1928 'In Camp with the Stone-Age Men', Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), 1 November, p. 135. , viewed 17 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150928223
  • Source types: newspaper article

    Coordinates: 14°04'57.500400"S,143°38'16.000800"E  (-14.082639, 143.637778)

    Notes on coordinates: Approximate point on the Stewart River, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Stewart River is a river in the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the Stewart River rise in McIlwraith Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, northeast of Coen.

    URL institution: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150928223

    Notes: 15.8.24 NR: another link to "In Camp with the Stone-Age Men - Life Among the Nomad Tribes of Cape York Peninsula in Far North (Thu 22 Jan 1931)", mentioning the Yinjinga tribe. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23134345

    Media Files:

    Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman