{"id":12302,"date":"2021-02-17T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=12302"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:22:20","slug":"australian-boomerang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/australian-boomerang\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Boomerang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/gallery\/fall1985\/BRFall1985004.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Fall 1985 &#8220;Down Under&#8221; catalogue: &#8220;One-way boomerangs for war and hunting have been used in Africa and India and even Arizona, by the Hopi Indians. But the returning boomerang\u2013the world&#8217;s image of the dinkum item\u2013is found only Down Under. The aborigines employed it to imitate hawks, driving game birds into nets hung from trees, or simply as a plaything.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Wendy Joffe&#8217;s collection, her own boomerang she ordered from the catalogue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-848x636.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/boomerang-back-848x636.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Fall 1985 &#8220;Down Under&#8221; catalogue: &#8220;One-way boomerangs for war and hunting have been used in Africa and India and even Arizona, by the Hopi Indians. But the returning boomerang\u2013the world&#8217;s image of the dinkum item\u2013is found only Down Under. 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