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MEMOIBS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



This stick is made of ironbark nnd has 37 notches on each side. Both 

 surfaces are marked with extreme eare. the small hole having been made with 

 either sliell or stone drills. 



On the obverse side three club shields are well defined, with a varying 

 number of short double marks over each shield. 



On the I'everse, there are three boomerangs witli one double mark inside 

 each boomerang. 



ilessage unknown. 



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Text-figure 3. 



ObverFe and reverse sides of Queensland message stick. 



(No. Q.E. 16/871; 115 mm. x 6 mm. x 8 mm.; exact locality unknown.) 



This stick, made of ironbark, has zigzag lines on the side of top corner, 

 but not one line completely encircles it; there is an isolated diamond-shaped 

 figure in centre of the obverse side. Message unknown. 



Text-figure 4. 



The obverse and reverse sides of a )ric'ssage stii'k from the Barcoo. 

 (No. 261 (1808); 174 mm. x ]!l mm. x 7 nun.) 



This stick, which is niadc of ii-onliark, snggcsts totcinii' designs similar 

 to those used on the linilics of ini1i:itc.s. in cave-drawings (as well as the markings 

 associated with bui-ial in New South Wales'). The lines and notches are niodei'ately 

 deep, aiu] the hole has been drilled with a fir'estick. The notches are in sets of 

 3, 4, and 7, and 2, 1, and '5 on sides respectively. Message nnknown. 



