The Boomerang was a weekly newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
History
The newspaper was established by William Lane in 1887, publishing its first issue on 19 November 1887. James Drake, future Attorney-General of Australia, was a shareholder, writer and joint editor.
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.
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. Zora Cross was a journalist for the paper for three years.
No connection has been found between this newspaper and the 1894 Melbourne Boomerang weekly published by Edward Findley.
A hand-written index to The Boomerang is held by the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
References
External links
The Boomerang. No. 1 (Nov. 19, 1887) - no. 59 (Dec. 29, 1888). State Library of Queensland