Historical information

This walking stick or club is of a heavy quality and could be classified as an Irish

shillelagh, although it lacks the heavy curved knob at the top that characterizes the

shillelagh. It does not seem typical of the walking sticks used in Australia in the late

19th and early 20th centuries although it appears to date from those times. It may have

come from an overseas country.

Significance

This walking stick has no known local provenance but it is an interesting item and is

kept as a curio from the past.

Physical description

This is a piece of black wood (blackthorn?) shaped from a gnarled and knotted piece

of wood to make a rough, curved shape. The shaft is rounded at the top and tapering

to a smaller round shape at the bottom. The top has a brass-coloured metal band.