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The wangim (boomerang) found at Yarra Junction. Zara Lasky-Davison/Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation

October 21, 2025

How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang

Caroline Spry, La Trobe University; Allan Wandin, Indigenous Knowledge; Bob Mullins, Indigenous Knowledge; Diane Kerr, Indigenous Knowledge; Elspeth Hayes, University of Wollongong, and Ron Jones, Indigenous Knowledge

Grip marks, blood and fire damage hint at the fascinating history of a non-returning boomerang.

William Barak, Figures in possum skin cloaks (1898) Wikimedia

October 14, 2025

William Barak’s missing art: Wurundjeri Elders lead the search to reclaim lost cultural treasures

Nikita Vanderbyl, La Trobe University; Alice Kolasa, Indigenous Knowledge; Diane Kerr, Indigenous Knowledge, and Jacqui Wandin, Indigenous Knowledge

Barak was an Aboriginal leader who witnessed the signing of the controversial 1835 Batman Treaty. He made many works during his life, but many are unaccounted for.

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