Five rare "non-returning" boomerangs found in a dry riverbed in South Australia were probably used hundreds of years ago by the Aborigines to hunt waterbirds, according to a new study. A new analysis ...

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 ...

The boomerang was found near stones, animal and human bones The world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time. The tool, ...

At first the story seemed clear enough. When an Aboriginal man’s skeleton was found beside an Australian river bank two years ago, the long gash in his skull indicated he’d been slashed to death by a ...