History and Traditions
University Message Stick
A gift from Dubbo City Council
This wooden message stick draws on the elements of local indigenous culture to represent the entire Wiradjuri nation whose borders encompass the University's Australian campuses at Albury, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange and Wagga Wagga.
Young and old emu feathers, which hang from the mulga wood message stick, denote students of all ages. A possum painting represents the local Wilay Wiradjuri people and red ochre lines depict the Macquarie, Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers on which the CSU Campuses are located.