The Aboriginal Boomerang Council Inc was established on 30 August 1977. From 1979, for an unknown period, the Council ran the Aboriginal Boomerang Council Youth Hostel in Geraldton. The Council was deregistered on 17 February 1997 and the whereabouts of records is unknown.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Government Gazette of Western Australia No. 55', in Western Australian Government Gazette Online Archive, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 31 August 1979, https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1979_055.pdf/$FILE/Gg1979_055.pdf; Department of Commerce, 'Aboriginal Boomerang Council Inc', AssociationsOnline, Government of Western Australia, 2012, https://associations.commerce.wa.gov.au/associations/public/publicHomePage.jspx; Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Geraldton Boys’ Employment Hostel', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 30 October 2013