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1936.32.2

Plain wooden boomerang. [LM 08/08/2007]

1936.32.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plain wooden boomerang. [LM 08/08/2007]
Geographical reference
Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
New South Wales Wongarbon
Person
Field collector James Heane or Hane
PRM source E.S. Ellis
PRM source Public Museum. Gloucester
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 1800
Date collected
circa 1800
Acquisition information
Donated: 1936
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 750 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1936.32.2
Research and responses

The name of this settler may have been Hane rather than Heane, see The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) on Saturday 26 June 1869. He seems to have been stationed near Wongarbon [AP 07/01/2015]

Search terms: Weapon, Boomerang

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