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<p>138.25.196.108: </p> <hr /> <div>A '''message stick''' is a form of [[communication]] traditionally used by [[Indigenous Australians]]. It is usually a solid piece of wood, around 20-30cm in length, etched with angular lines and dots.<br /> <br /> The Australian national broadcaster, [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], calls both its Indigenous [[online]] and [[television]] components ''Message Stick'' in recognition of this [[custom]].<br /> <br /> Traditionally, message sticks were passed between different clans and [[List of Indigenous Australian group names|language groups]] to establish information and transmit messages.<br /> <br /> They are often commonly called ''[[letters]]'' by [[Aborigines|Aboriginal people]]. Traditionally, they were transmitted by [[mailmen]], who would travel hundreds of kilometres to deliver them.<br /> <br /> [[Donald Thomson]], recounting his journey to[[ Arnhem Land]] after the [[Caledon Bay Crisis]], writes of Wonggu sending a message stick to his sons, at that time in prison, to indicate a calling of a truce. In etched angles, it showed people sitting around a fire, at peace.<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> *[http://www.abc.net.au/message/tv/ms/ Message Stick TV ]<br /> *[http://www.abc.net.au/message/ Message Stick Internet ]<br /> [[Category: Indigenous Australians]]</div>

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