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First database of Indigenous Australian message sticks

DIGEST DISCOVERY

THE FOUNDER OF a rich database of Indigenous Australian message sticks believes it showcases historic communication techniques of First Nations people.

Piers Kelly, a linguistic anthropologist at The University of New England, and his team created the

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