(Australia) A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups.
1889, A. W. Howitt, Australian Message-sticks and Messengers, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 58, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=N-s4AAAAMAAJ&q=%22message+stick%22|%22message…
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