Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card records 'R. 1907.849', but corrected as 'R. 1908.849', referring to the annual report year. Author and date of correction unknown.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Field collection)
Collected in Cairns, Australia in 1894, recorded in both accession register and catalogue card.
Event Date 1894
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card handwritten in black ink reads 'Boomerang.' Secondly annotated in a different hand in black ink 'Hunting, return or "come back" 1'. 8 1/2" arm end to arm end.' Thirdly annotated in black ball point pen 'plain sharply carved, showing a natural twist.'
All authors and date unknown. Date recorded 1907 for the first hand ('Boomerang') when it was accessioned.
Event Date 1907
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
The 23rd annual report (1908) reads, 'One thin, sharply curved. Cairns, Queensland. John J. Jennings, Esq.'
Event Date 29/5/1908
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Hunting boomerang. Of brown-coloured wood in a sharp-angled curve. Smooth surface on both sides. Edge tapered flat.
Event Date 15/4/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu