UWA’s Berndt Museum of Anthropology announces an exhibition of 90 boomerangs from its collection, celebrating its, “often under-recognised diversity as an emblem, exploring the object’s many forms, uses and meanings.”

It is set to run until June 27 – which should cheer up friends of the museum.

Last year there were concerns on campus that it could follow the university press which is to close (CMM November 15). However, UWA describes the Berndt Museum as “one of the most significant collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material in the world.” And late last year outgoing VC Dawn Freshwater talked of “ensuring that the university’s extensive and anthropologically significant collections are more open and accessible.” Perhaps the new exhibition is one way to do it.