Garth Boomer (died 1993) was an influential educationalist working in Australia. Since 1995 there has been a Garth Boomer Memorial Lecture in his honour. He was particularly influential in the teaching of English, and he was President of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English for a time.

His works include:

• Fair Dinkum Teaching and Learning: Reflections on Literacy and Power
• Negotiating the curriculum, with Garth Lester, Nancy Onore, Cynthia Cook, Jonathan

External links

• http://www.aate.org.au/Garth/garth01.html
• http://www.heinemann.com/shared/products/0139.asp