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Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999</span>)</span> –<br />July 2012<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2012-07</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Message Stick</b></i> was an Australian television series about <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islanders" title="Torres Strait Islanders">Torres Strait Islander</a> lifestyles, culture and issues. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Message_Stick&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The weekly half-hour show began screening in 1999 on <a href="/wiki/ABC_Television_(Australian_TV_network)" title="ABC Television (Australian TV network)">ABC Television</a>. It featured profile stories, interviews, video clips, short films and cooking segments.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nfsa_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfsa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last show went to air in July 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Presenters included <a href="/wiki/Aden_Ridgeway" title="Aden Ridgeway">Aden Ridgeway</a> (from July 2006),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Miriam_Corowa" title="Miriam Corowa">Miriam Corowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rachael_Maza_Long" class="mw-redirect" title="Rachael Maza Long">Rachael Maza</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kelrick_Martin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kelrick Martin (page does not exist)">Kelrick Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Mailman" title="Deborah Mailman">Deborah Mailman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trisha_Morton-Thomas" title="Trisha Morton-Thomas">Trisha Morton-Thomas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nfsa_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfsa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_episodes">Selected episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Message_Stick&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Selected episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Bill's Wake" (2001) – About the <a href="/wiki/Funeral_wake" class="mw-redirect" title="Funeral wake">wake</a> held by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Neidjie" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Neidjie">Bill Neidjie</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Traditional_owner" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional owner">traditional owner</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kakadu_National_Park" title="Kakadu National Park">Kakadu</a>, while he was still alive<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Wayne’s World" (2005) – focusing on actor/director <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Blair_(director)" title="Wayne Blair (director)">Wayne Blair</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Stephen Hagan" (Sunday 29 January 2006, 1.30 pm) – Aboriginal activist and former diplomat <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hagan_(author)" title="Stephen Hagan (author)">Stephen Hagan</a> is interviewed about his campaign to have an offensive word removed from a <a href="/wiki/Toowoomba" title="Toowoomba">Toowoomba</a> sports stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Giving Voice" (Sunday 8 November 2009, 1:30pm) – about the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_National_Emergency_Response" title="Northern Territory National Emergency Response">Northern Territory National Emergency Response</a>, featuring <a href="/wiki/Bob_Randall_(Indigenous_Australian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Randall (Indigenous Australian)">Bob Randall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Spinifex Man" (2009), featuring actor, writer, director, dancer and musician <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Jamieson" title="Trevor Jamieson">Trevor Jamieson</a>, interviewed by cinematographer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Collins_(filmmaker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allan Collins (filmmaker) (page does not exist)">Allan Collins</a><sup id="cite_ref-spinman2009_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spinman2009-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Message_Stick&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Screen+Australia&rft.atitle=ABC+TV+Indigenous+Programs+Unit+%E2%80%93+The+Screen+Guide&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.screenaustralia.gov.au%2Fthe-screen-guide%2Fc%2Fabc-tv-indigenous-programs-unit%2F68%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span> (latest <i>Message Stick</i> entry for 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C465653">"Message Stick"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/AustLit" title="AustLit">AustLit</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AustLit&rft.atitle=Message+Stick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.austlit.edu.au%2Faustlit%2Fpage%2FC465653&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nfsa-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nfsa_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nfsa_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aso.gov.au/titles/series/message-stick/">"Message Stick"</a>. <i>Australian Screen</i>. <a href="/wiki/NFSA" class="mw-redirect" title="NFSA">NFSA</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Screen&rft.atitle=Message+Stick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faso.gov.au%2Ftitles%2Fseries%2Fmessage-stick%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170516154234/http://www.abc.net.au:80/tv/messagestick">"Message Stick"</a>. <i>ABC TV</i>. 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au:80/tv/messagestick">the original</a> on 16 May 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ABC+TV&rft.atitle=Message+Stick&rft.date=2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%3A80%2Ftv%2Fmessagestick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKalina.2006" class="citation web cs1">Kalina., Paul (6 July 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/present-politics-20060706-ge2nhb.html">"Present politics"</a>. <i>The Age</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Present+politics&rft.date=2006-07-06&rft.aulast=Kalina.&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Fpresent-politics-20060706-ge2nhb.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/message-stick-bills-wake/">"Bill's Wake (2001)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(Video + text)</span>. <i>Australian Screen</i>. <a href="/wiki/NFSA" class="mw-redirect" title="NFSA">NFSA</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Screen&rft.atitle=Bill%27s+Wake+%282001%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faso.gov.au%2Ftitles%2Ftv%2Fmessage-stick-bills-wake%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/message-stick-waynes-world/">"Wayne's World (2005)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(Video + text)</span>. <i>Australian Screen</i>. <a href="/wiki/NFSA" class="mw-redirect" title="NFSA">NFSA</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Screen&rft.atitle=Wayne%27s+World+%282005%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faso.gov.au%2Ftitles%2Ftv%2Fmessage-stick-waynes-world%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120827032930/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s1548337.htm">"ABC <i>Message Stick</i>, Past Episodes, Summer Series 9: 'Stephen Hagan'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Screen+Australia&rft.atitle=Spinifex+Man+%282009%29+-+The+Screen+Guide&rft.date=2018-03-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.screenaustralia.gov.au%2Fthe-screen-guide%2Ft%2Fspinifex-man-2009%2F28135%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMessage+Stick" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Message_Stick&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649586/"><i>Message Stick</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" 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