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The Aboriginal peoples of Australia are well-known for their use of the boomerang. Although returning boomerangs are found in many Aboriginal cultures and will return to the user if thrown properly, the choice weapon of the Indigenous Australian peoples and most cultures was the heavy throwing stick, known internationally as the kylie.
Waddies made by the Arrernte people Aboriginal man carrying waddy, woomera (spear-thrower) and spear, South Australia, c. 1876. A waddy, nulla-nulla, leangle or boondi is an Aboriginal Australian hardwood club or hunting stick for use as a weapon or as a throwing stick for hunting animals. Waddy comes from the Darug people of Port Jackson ...
Boomerangs have been used as a hunting tool by Aboriginal Peoples for tens of thousands of years. [citation needed] The way a hunter tends to use a boomerang is to rustle tree branches, causing the birds inside to be startled and fly into nets that the hunter had already set up between trees. Contrary to popular belief, Aboriginal hunting ...
Aboriginal peoples used several different types of weapons including shields (also known as hielaman), spears, spear-throwers, boomerangs and clubs. Peoples from different regions used different weapons. [1] Some peoples, for example, would fight with boomerangs and shields, whereas in another region they would fight with clubs.
The famous writer Mark Twain as an example of wit and intelligence of the Australian Aboriginal people wrote a chapter in his book Following the Equator about the weet-weet (or kangaroo-rat) [3] But the mentioned chapter is not a simple description of an exotic toy, it is a blunt and critical summary of the white man's genocide actions against indigenous.
William Townsend Onus Jnr (15 November 1906 – 10 January 1968) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist, designer, and showman, also known for his boomerang-throwing skills. He was father of artist Lin Onus.
A woomera is an Australian Aboriginal wooden spear-throwing device. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Similar to an atlatl , it serves as an extension of the human arm, enabling a spear to travel at a greater speed and force than possible with only the arm.
Bolas or bolases (sg.: bola; from Spanish and Portuguese bola, "ball", also known as a boleadora or boleadeira) is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs.