Bill Onus with his employees outside his boomerang factory, Dandenong Ranges, 1956
Bill Onus (1906-1968) was an Aboriginal political activist. He was also a businessman and artist. In the 1950s he set up ‘Aboriginal Enterprises’, and sold boomerangs, woomeras, greeting cards and other products with Aboriginal motifs.
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Photo Jeff Carter, National Library of Australia nla.obj-137081603
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