- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Boomerang, large, wooden, curved, reddish colour. [AR 15/08/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Queensland New South Wales
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1900
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1900
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 670 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1900.55.101
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