Boomerang (Retired)

Boomerangs being thrown at animals appear in cave drawings in Australia that are 50,000 years old. Actual Aboriginal boomerangs dating back to 10,000 BC were found in a peat bog in South Australia. Boomerangs were also found in King Tut’s tomb in ancient Egypt, among hunters in India and among the Navajo in North America, and in the Capathian Mountains in Poland fashioned from mammoth tusk. There are two kinds of boomerangs and it’s important to know the difference. The non-returning boomerang--called a “kylie” or “throwing stick”--is designed to travel in a straight line and is used mostly for hunting. The returning boomerang is designed to travel in an elliptical orbit and return to the point of origin. Returning boomerangs are mostly used for sport with popular contests judging maximum time aloft, accuracy of return, trick catch, and more. The boomerang has become one of the national symbols for Australia and is still used by the indigenous Aborigines. A hunting boomerang is delic