Initially named BONA, the yacht was owned by a series of prominent people including C. Wallace, H. Howard Smith, C. Lloyd-Jones and the Albert family, who renamed the vessel BOOMERANG when they purchased it in the late 1920s.
BOOMERANG became a regular and welcome sight on Sydney Harbour during the late 1920s and 1930s as the Albert family used it to entertain relatives and VIP guests. In 1988 the Alberts donated BOOMERANG to the Sydney Heritage Fleet. Read more about BOOMERANG on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels.
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William Hall collection. The Hall collection combines photographs from both William J Hall and his father William Frederick Hall. The images provide an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century. The collection also includes studio portraits and images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.
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