Boomerang Back - Historical Artifact 238 Years Later Poem by Chris Lane

Celebrated British explorer Capt. James Cook.
Who led the first Europeans to discover Australia's fertile east coast in 1770
Collected the Boomerang in question in the area of Kurnell Bayside Sydney.
Two hundred and thirty eight years later
This Boomerang has resurfaced and is for sale.

Heritage Minister Peter Garrett,
Celebrated rock singer with the band Midnight Oil
Champion of Aboriginal causes
has asked his department to investigate buying the boomerang back.

Aboriginal leader: Merv Ryan said his
“Gweigal people felt strongly that the boomerang -
an iconic weapon crafted to return to the spot from where it was thrown
where Cook first met.Aboriginal Culture'

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The Boomerang in question had remained in the possession of the Cook family until now.

Peter Garrett
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts.