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Retreating to a farm near the tiny town of Mudgeerebar in the northeastern state of Queensland, Hawes designed a boomerang that incorporated modern principles of aerodynamics. He insists that his boomerang comes reliably back to the thrower, whereas the aboriginal product often does not. Be that as it may, Hawes has become Australia's boomerang king. He employs seven workers, who turn out 60,000 boomerangs a year. Most are sold in gift shops in major Australian cities, but a quarter of the output is shipped to North America and Europe for sporting clubs and wives whose husbands have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTS: A Better Boomerang | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

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