If you thought all boomerangs were used solely for throwing and—hopefully—returning then think again, because new research by a team of Griffith University archaeologists suggests that Aboriginal ...

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Non-returning boomerangs have been used for at least 20,000-30,000 years, with the oldest known example carved from a mammoth’s tusk. These non-returning boomerangs were used for hunting and were ...

Scientists have carbon dated a rare collection of boomerangs uncovered in a creek bed in the South Australian outback to a pre-settler era. Boomerangs found in Kinipapa, in the far north-east of South ...

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 skeleton unearthed in Australia suggests that boomerangs could be pretty deadly. The 700-year-old skeleton, named Kaakutja, was found in 2014 by William Bates. One of the prominent features of the ...