Well they certainly didn't copy them from the Brits... The origin of the term is uncertain. One source asserts that the term entered the language in 1827, adapted from an Aboriginal language of New South Wales, Australia, but mentions a variant, wo-mur-rang, which it dates to 1798.[6] The first recorded encounter with a boomerang by Europeans was at Farm Cove (Port Jackson), in December 1804, when a weapon was witnessed during a tribal skirmish:[7] ... the white spectators were justly astonished at the dexterity and incredible force with which a bent, edged waddy resembling slightly a Turkish scimytar, was thrown by Bungary, a native distinguished by his remarkable courtesy. The weapon, thrown at 20 or 30 yards [18 or 27 m] distance, twirled round in the air with astonishing velocity, and alighting on the right arm of one of his opponents, actually rebounded to a distance not less than 70 or 80 yards [64 or 73 m], leaving a horrible contusion behind, and exciting universal admiration. — Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (1804)[7]
But if you remember the words to Tie me kangaroo down sport Rolf the weird did sing " awe he hit the flying doctor " with his flying stick!
I bow to your knowledge of inventions of early australians and look forwaed to your report on where did the stick hit the flying doctor.
No one said we should be in awe, but there are quite a few whiteys who shouldn't be so bloody smug...
It’s that sort of lefty attitude “whiteys” that encourages division in our society. Lefties obviously are repulsed by the idea of a united Australia
Why not? Western civilisation is the greatest thing to ever happen to this continent. I won't say country, because there was no country before European settlement. And the "First Nation" began in 1901.
Western 'civilisation' (and how much civilisation do you see around you these days?) is what is destroying the planet, and the people on it...
Yes, with carbs and a clutch! That makes me a dinosaur - look around you; we're the outliers. Most people are happy with their airconditioned 'point and squirt' boxes - that's the reality of the world these days...
And I bet your OHOS burns at least twice as much petrol as my sports car, and probably three or four times as much as my daily driver. How, exactly, are you helping the planet?
