Study of a unique Australian boomerang bridges Indigenous knowledge and archaeology

Study of a unique Australian boomerang bridges Indigenous knowledge and archaeology

A new paper recently published has provided the most detailed analysis to date of the way in which early Australian boomerangs combined engineering expertise with rich cultural meaning. Researchers working with Indigenous communities in southeastern Australia have analyzed a 19th-century wangim (boomerang) unearthed from a reported burial near Yarra Junction, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, to shed […]