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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 ...

Chennai: The ‘valari’ or ‘valai thadi’ (bent stick), an ancient weapon of the Tamil people used mainly for protecting cattle from predators was banned by the British in 1801. Though the popularity of ...

Alongside kangaroos and Akubra hats, boomerangs are one of the most iconic symbols of the Australian continent. They are also widely misrepresented. Apart from hunting and fighting, boomerangs have ...

If you are a typical American like me, you probably have never taken the boomerang seriously. It is just an Australian curiosity, a thing that mystifies with its bizarre elliptical physics. But if you ...

First, some details: when Captain James Cook discovered Australia in 1770, the returning boomerang was used by some Aboriginal tribes for hunting, fighting and fishing, while many others used ...