A recent study has unearthed fascinating insights into Australia’s indigenous history through the examination of a unique ...

A 19th-century wangim or boomerang has revealed how sophisticated the First Peoples of Australia were as engineers, and how ...

In new research, we have for the first time combined Traditional cultural knowledge with Western scientific analysis of a ...

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 ...

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A first-of-its-kind study has finally revealed how Indigenous Australians delivered deadly strikes with their two iconic weapons. The research, published in the journal Scientific Reports last week, ...

French fashion house Chanel has provoked accusations of cultural appropriation with its latest accessory: a boomerang with a price tag of about $1,500. Boomerangs are an important symbol of ...