There’s something almost magical about the way boomerangs arc through the air and return to the hand of the thrower. Watching them cut through the sky on their wide trajectories can provide endless ...

New research has analysed a rare collection of non-returning boomerangs from Kinipapa (Cooper Creek), near Innamincka in South Australia’s far north-east. The four boomerangs and one wooden fragment ...

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA—According to a statement released by Griffith University, microscopic analysis of the surface of more than 100 hardwood boomerangs held in Sydney’s Australian Museum revealed ...

A 19th-century wangim or boomerang has revealed how sophisticated the First Peoples of Australia were as engineers, and how engineering exquisitely interweaves with cultural meaning. A press release ...

New research has analyzed a rare collection of non-returning boomerangs from Kinipapa (Cooper Creek), near Innamincka in South Australia's far north-east. The four boomerangs and one wooden fragment ...

A new study into the multipurpose uses of boomerangs has highlighted the hardwood objects were used to shape the edges of stone tools used by Australian Indigenous communities. The research ...

A new study into the multipurpose uses of boomerangs has highlighted the hardwood objects were used to shape the edges of stone tools used by Australian Indigenous communities. The research, published ...