The Boomerang

The Boomerang was a weekly newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

History
The Boomerang 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.

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, followed by several of Feilberg's short stories.

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. The microform version is available for use at some other libraries.