The Boomerang Youth Hostel was called the Aboriginal Boomerang Council Youth Hostel when it was established in June 1979 in Geraldton. It took over a building previously run by the government as the Geraldton Boys' Employment Hostel at 97 Gregory Street. The Aboriginal Boomerang Council Inc, which originally ran the hostel, deregistered in 1997.
By 1999, the Boomerang Youth Hostel was managed by Yanay Yenma Aboriginal Corp. Inc. Yanay Yenma may have taken over operation of the hostel directly from the Aboriginal Boomerang Council Inc, but this cannot be confirmed at present.
In 2010, the Boomerang Hostel was described as a hostel with a long tradition of Indigenous control that had been supported for some years by the Aboriginal Hostels Limited Community Hostels Grants Program. At this time, the Boomerang Hostel was 'auspiced' by the Bundiyarra Aboriginal Corporation.
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04 August 2023
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