Boomerangs and creation myths Aboriginal creation myths recount how the Ancestors formed the landscape of Australia. Boomerangs across Australia With more than different language groups it is understandable that boomerang-making varies across the continent. Boomerang uses Boomerangs have many uses. Boomerangs and throwing sticks Australia was not the only place in the world where throwing sticks like the boomerang developed.
And I think that is what probably makes these things special … Boomerang trade For many thousands of years, Aboriginal groups exchanged boomerangs across the continent. The boomerang as a Defining Moment The boomerang has become an internationally recognised symbol of Australia.
Curriculum subjects. Year levels. In our collection. Boomerang An asymmetrical wooden boomerang. The posterior surface is flat and the anterior surface is slightly rounded. The ends are tapered, with one end rounded and one pointed. The surface is rough and pigmented with narrow transverse bands on a solid ground. Explore Defining Moments. Evidence of first peoples. Papunya Tula.
Separation of Tasmania. Trade with the Makasar. Scape Living at Aurora. Surfers Hawaiian Holiday Apartments. Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank.
Unit 4 Weyba Lodge Noosa. The Mountain House. Crystalbrook Vincent formerly The Fantauzzo. Waters Edge Apartments Cairns. Find out about Boomerangs around the world Think of Australia and a boomerang may well come to mind as one of the country's most unique and distinctive emblems. Why a boomerang flies The vital boomerang attributes: convex top surface, distinctive curve, thin body and wide surface area are essential to the boomerang's aerodynamic properties.
Reinvigorating Wonnarua culture A collection of Aboriginal artefacts dating to the nineteenth century is a recent addition to the Museum's 'virtual' collections. The search for the hunting boomerang The good hunting boomerang was developed through brain-storming and experimentation, with prudent eyes seeking universality and balance. The boomerang is curved to fly The technological secret of the boomerang is not its curve. The returning boomerang: how It flies Observing returning boomerangs in flight is to enjoy a fascinating phenomenon of physics.
You may also be interested in Back to top. Search website Submit Search. Fishing Boomerangs are asymmetric longitudinally and symmetrical in cross-section. It is often undecorated and not ochred. They are often used in shallow tidal water to kill larger fish and other marine animals. Made from heavy woods or some late examples made of steel.
It takes a strong throw to kill a fish even near the surface. The hunter would later retrieve the boomerang after the tide had gone out.
These boomerangs are popular with collectors because they are lovingly incised. There are two main types. Long fighting boomerangs are like a club. These are to all intents and purposes an Aboriginal club.
They are boomerang-shaped though and known as fighting boomerangs. Smaller throwing boomerangs were also used in combat and tend to be flat on the bottom and concave on the top. Collectors value them for the designs. Pinched ends are also desirable. These boomerangs are quite common and do not vary much from the example shown. They often have longitudinal grooves and are convex on the top and flattish on the bottom. They are normally covered in red ochre. It is possible that the longitudinal grooves improve its aerodynamics in a similar way as dimples on a golf ball.
The central Australian Fighting boomerang is sometimes called a number 7 boomerang or a swan neck boomerang. The most collectible variety has a small notch at the top of the neck.
The design of this boomerang is for fighting. The protrusion will catch on the opponents shield and the long shaft whip around and inflict the damage. These boomerangs were so sorted after that they also acted as a form of currency. West Australian Boomerangs lack decoration, with a thin blade and rounded ends. They are not highly sorted after by collectors but there are exceptions. The main exception is boomerangs from this region with one straight arm and the other with a concave twist.
North Queensland boomerangs are brightly painted with designs like the shields from this region. The area around Cairns also has one of the rarest forms of boomerangs called a cross boomerang. Boomerangs from this area are generally a crescent shape. They tend to be quite large averaging 90 cm long. They lack decoration or have only a few shallow incisions. Other than those from Mornington Island they are not painted.
Two main types of Boomerang come from this region. First of all small often steeply curved returning boomerangs used for hunting birds. These small boomerangs are plain and not ochred.
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