Boomerang

Boomerang from coastal New South Wales, Australia. It has a straight shape and is made of dark wood. Collected by Sir John Franklin or his wife Jane, while he was governor of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). Additional information from South Australia Museum, Adelaide.

Object Details

ID: AAA3754
Collection: World Cultures
Type: Boomerang
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1837-1843; 1837-43
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees
Measurements: Overall: 590 x 135 mm