Boomerang Association of Australia — Links

We won’t pretend to be the authoritive source of links to the boomerang world; Ted Bailey has that covered pretty well already. Here we’ll focus on the Australian side of things that aren’t tourist crap.

There are a number of state and local boomerang clubs around Australia. Two of them have their own areas on this website. They are the Boomerang Throwing Association of New South Wales (BTANSW) and the Victorian Boomerang Throwing Association (VBTA).

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Jeff Lewry, the guy who has sold boomerangs off the Hume Highway in southern New South Wales for yonks, has a page about traditional Aboriginal culture, comments about the famous Janetzki brothers of Albury, and details of his personal history in the world of boomerangs (he was the 1974 Australian Champion, and his hook boomerangs were the way to win a competition in the 1970s, and beyond).

Over the other side of the country, in the hills just out of Perth, the biggest Australian producer of quality boomerangs is easily Roger Perry, with his mass-market Rangs brand (a selection of which are probably available in your local ‘Australian Geographic’ store) and his sports boomerang source, Spinback.

Adam Carroll has moved to Tasmania, and now has a site where he sells very decent competition boomerangs. Check it out at Real Boomerangs

Still in Sydney, with his boomerang school/shop now decades old, is Duncan McLennan. Duncan has literally taught tens of thousands of people to throw over those years, and thereby played a major part in spreading our addiction all over the world!

Rob Croll, ten time Aussie champion, sells a range of boomerangs, and runs demonstrations and workshops, from http://www.boomerangcraftsmen.com/.

David Schummy of Queensland makes marvellous MTA, long distance, and Aussie Round boomerangs — find out more about these, and see some photos of his from around the world, at his fixaframe site.

Leanne Loveland, daughter of the legendary thrower and maker Bunny Read, runs the colourful Wycheproof Boomerangs site that makes available a number of traditional and classic designs. 2003 marks the thirtieth anniversary of their forming!

A similarly old company is Stones Throw Boomerangs. The company started with Lorin Hawes, who founded the famous Boomerang Farm on the Gold Coast in 1965, but is now run by David and Peggy Biden in Bundaberg.

Russell Hansen runs a “Yahoo Group” called aus-booms as well as his own site at boomeranginfo.com. The latter sells basic but able boomerangs.

Gunter Wandtke has a broad collection of historical information and photos available on his site.

Brother Brian Thomas may have passed away, but many of his photographs remain available courtesy of the Webshots site. It’s a great introduction to Australian throwers and boomerangs.

Bob Burwell, three time Australian champion, has a great site telling his life story, and featuring many historic photographs.