The Boomerang
The Boomerang was a weekly newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1]
History
[edit]The Boomerang was established by William Lane in 1887, publishing its first issue on 19 November 1887.[2][3] James Drake, future Attorney-General of Australia, was a shareholder, writer and joint editor.[4]
In 1891, Lane was approached to be the editor of The Worker, a newspaper being established by the local labour unions. As a consequence, Lane sold The Boomerang to Gresley Lukin. Lukin published the newspaper until 9 April 1892 after the company was voluntarily wound up.[5][6][7][8]
Alfred Stephens worked as a sub-editor, but left in 1891 to become editor and part proprietor of the Cairns Argus. Other staff included Alfred Yewen.[9] Zora Cross was a journalist for the paper for three years.[10]
No connection has been found between this newspaper and the 1894 Melbourne Boomerang weekly published by Edward Findley.
Publications
[edit]A eulogy by Francis Adams for Danish Australian journalist and Indigenous rights activist Carl Feilberg was published in the journal after his death in late 1887,[11][12] followed by several of Feilberg's short stories.[13]
Access
[edit]A hand-written index to The Boomerang is held by the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, and all issues (from No. 1 (Saturday, 19 November 1887) to No. 230 (Saturday, 9 April, 1892)) are held in the library both on paper and microfilm.[14] The microform version is available for use at some other libraries.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Lukin, Gresley (1887), The Boomerang, Alfred Walker, for the Boomerang Newspaper Co, archived from the original on 17 January 2023, retrieved 15 September 2015
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (February 2013). "1893 The New Australia Colony Collection". Powerhouse Museum Migration Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "News of the Day". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser. No. 3899. Queensland, Australia. 22 November 1887. p. 3. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Gibbney, H. J. (1981). "Drake, James George (1850–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ "Letters to the Editor". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 11 November 1946. p. 2. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Odd Notes". The Mirror. No. 12. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1917. p. 14. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ The boomerang, W. & F. Pascoe Pty. Ltd, 1887, archived from the original on 17 January 2023, retrieved 4 October 2017
- ^ "Local and General News". Warwick Argus. Vol. XXVII, no. 2116. Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1892. p. 2. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Campion, Edmund (1990). "Yewen, Alfred Gregory (1867–1923)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Adelaide, Debra (1988), Australian women writers : a bibliographic guide, Pandora, p. 42, ISBN 978-0-86358-148-9
- ^ Eulogy by Francis Adams, in The Boomerang 19 November 1887, p.13.
- ^ Daley, Paul (21 September 2018). "'Wholesale massacre': Carl Feilberg exposed the ugly truth of the Australian frontier". The Guardian.
- ^ "Carl Feilberg: Works by". AustLit. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "The Boomerang". State Library of Queensland catalogue. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Boomerang (Brisbane, Qld.)". State Library of Victoria catalogue. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
External links
[edit]The Boomerang. No. 1 (Nov. 19, 1887) - no. 59 (Dec. 29, 1888). State Library of Queensland