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Bill Onus, of Melbourne, with his boomerang."Boomeranging" as world sport.Bill Onus, 45, a Melbourne shipping clerk and half-caste aborigine, wants boomerang throwing introduced as a world sport at the Olympic Games.Burly Bill arrived by TAA from Melbourne yesterday to take part in the first Australian booma-throwing championships which are to be held during Bondi's coming Yulunga."We have to play other nation's sports," said Bill."I don't see why they can't play one of ours. It's a great game, and I would like to see it revived on a large scale in Australia. February 09, 1950.

Bill Onus, of Melbourne, with his boomerang."Boomeranging" as world sport.Bill Onus, 45, a Melbourne shipping clerk and half-caste aborigine, wants boomerang throwing introduced as a world sport at the Olympic Games.Burly Bill arrived by TAA from Melbourne yesterday to take part in the first Australian booma-throwing championships which are to be held during Bondi's coming Yulunga."We have to play other nation's sports," said Bill."I don't see why they can't play one of ours. It's a great game, and I would like to see it revived on a large scale in Australia. February 09, 1950.
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Bill Onus, of Melbourne, with his boomerang."Boomeranging" as world sport.Bill Onus, 45, a Melbourne shipping clerk and half-caste aborigine, wants boomerang throwing introduced as a world sport at the Olympic Games.Burly Bill arrived by TAA from Melbourne yesterday to take part in the first Australian booma-throwing championships which are to be held during Bondi's coming Yulunga."We have to play other nation's sports," said Bill."I don't see why they can't play one of ours. It's a great game, and I would like to see it revived on a large scale in Australia. February 09, 1950.
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