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.