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IM I S T IfA T K I) F E A T U R E S E C T IO N
Ingenious A u s t r a lia n Boomerang,
T h a t Has L o n g Puzzled In v e s tig a to r s
booinrrang, tJir "returning" and tlic
" non-returning." The latter 1» the
war boomerang—a* used by certain
tribe»
In an article In the Australian
ance. one may observe sensible differ­
ence» In degree o f curvature, weight
and size." Boomerangs from tire
Queensland cow it are j bit different
In sliepe from (hose of the western
state, and the ' « a r boomerangs" if
western
New Mouth Wale*, some
writers declare vary from those of
Central Australian tribes; the heavy
type, however, ha* a wicie range in
the interior
Captain Cook who discovered Aus-
Continued on p««* ««r*n *«
Museum Magazine Win W Thorpe
gives many interlacing facta concern­
ing these weapon»
"T o Uie casual mind." Mr. Thorpe
write», "all boomerangs seem more
or leas alike, yet on closer acquaint­
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the
aboriginal»’ chief pttkl'me*
n p A n c y
t r e a t e d o n e
U ft U r jI
W EEK FREE
Short breathing relieved In 2€ to «*
rourt; «nelMnr redjetd In 16 to *4
day*.
Recular«» th« beort. correct»
the liver and kidney«.
Purff.e« th«
entire system
Colium Orcpiy Rrmeby Company
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I hey are the M*k inventar« « f the«« v(ran|r
« e t Éliti I r a t e m rapnvv«
| When It reaches Its ms »»mum
IIK original Aunti« lu n «bui
iKiiul. « h o first made « ihiight as It does when the Initial
pniprlhng energy Is spent, the boom-
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b u m e r a n g de.srrvrs a place
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In Ulr annal.*, of the humo 11 ersng dors not detrend in w vertical
race* r<|ual to that held by the line.
It comes back again toward
greatest inodrrn Mimli.it. for hr dia-
the thrower A reel rkfierl cwn make
rovrrfd a new principle in merlian-
a bnoinnwng come back again to his
Ira, « h u h ha* had a mort far-reach*
fret, or over his head. If he wishes It.
lug effect
The whole secret of the curkma
1 hr flight of a tMMimriang bunga
business Is that the surface o f thr
Into play an rxti »ordinary mantfea-
boturrwng Is not a flat plane, but is
tatii n o f natural fnrrr
A boomer­
a slight angle upwards from the horl-
ang thrown by the hand of a skilful
sontal
As Uns angled surface Im­
expert. In a flat line at thr Atari, dorr
pinges on thr air a lifting action
tad eventually describe
thr
Mimr
takes place, which has exucUy thr
curve brfurr reaching thr ground,
that a ri fir ..hot dura
Thr boom* , same effect as if a strong a tnd were
rrang Mart* in a hurts- ntul line und blowing upwards against It. Tire spin
cm in rr upwards
not downwards, to of thr boomerang through the air
a height pro|M>t tinned to thr initial produces Just the same lifting effect
ru n g y »uppltrd by the human arm
as tf a whirlwind were howling dt-
, rectly under the flying Instrument.
What thr boom rnm g was original­
ly made for no one know* (exhibi­
tion.-. of skill in boomerang throwing
from pari o f the "rorroborces" at tribal
gatherings, but this Instrument was
not used by any aboriginal tribe, eith­
er as u hunting weapon, or as a wra-
l>on o f war
The aboriginals o f the west roast
of South Australia fifty years or more
ago a cre rx|wrt boomerang throwers,
I and this Instrument wwa highly priced
bv them, but for hunting purposes
they used either the heavy barbed
tnalee spear, propelled by a womersh.
or a straight malee warldy. about two
tie» long end an inch thick
These
, spears,
waddles, and
boomerangs
| were all fire-hardened bv being plas­
tered with grease and baked In hot
j ashes
I These natives used to organise
game drives In which boomerang
throwing was essential to the suc­
cessful hunter
Boomerang throwing is an art. and
Bright Hair W in*
n rather difficult one
It a n once
Says Popular Star thought that only an Australian na-
live could properly manipulate the
. Is met llrll. the stmppy shortstop queerlv shaped piece of a io d . which
o f ihe Bt U>ul& Olwnt-i. Chwmpkms may be a toy. or an accurate and
o f HUH swvs In likes the new I * - deadly weapon It Is now known that
Km-Mtrwil iiwlr dressing bitter than this Is untrue Numerous white men
A
any he to** ever used
"beesuae it are expert boomerang throwers
I» wo easy to use und rewlly diws keep famous Austrahsn soldier user! to ex-
my Iiwlr smooth wml bilghl without r«l in this pastime, and doubtless
• It thwt greasy condition 1 used to still retains the "knack."
Not many years ago there lived at
think wus neerssury."
I d t o t lltH ll hwli -dressing rnukes BeaeonxfleM. Victoria, a man who
thr most unmunugesble lislr stay thr had spent davs studying the throwing
wny you wwnt It. More than u m il­ mrlhiKl* o f the West Australian na­
lion o f our men and womei prefer tives And he became an expert hlm-
He made the boomerang per­
It Tnkes )us> 30 seconds to use It I self
All drug stoies hwve the 35c wml .Vh form thr most Intricate evolutions
while In m id-air
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