The Boomerang was a weekly newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1]
History
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
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
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
External links
The Boomerang. No. 1 (Nov. 19, 1887) - no. 59 (Dec. 29, 1888). State Library of Queensland