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Australian Souvenirs | Aboriginal Art | Boomerangs | Didgeridoos

Contrary to popular belief, returning 'Australian Boomerangs' were not used extensively by the traditional Aboriginal people. In point of fact most of the working boomerangs used by the Aboriginals were designed for either traditional, ceremonial or hunting purposes and were not returning.

It is generally accepted that the creation of the returning boomerang is believed to be uniquely Australian. Consider the flight of a good returning boomerang and you would have to agree that it is truly ingenious ( a very similar system to the modern helicopter ).

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The creators would have undoubtedly needed a strong understanding of aerodynamics, wind, lift and tip vortices to be able to shape the boomerang so it flew in the correct returning ark.

The actual word "boomerang" comes from the Georges River area. The boomerang is basically a very specialized throwing stick fashioned from particularly hard timber such as brigalow.

The timber used is felled, dried and aged prior to the blank boomerangs being cut out. ( This system effectively halts latter warping of the boomerang.) Once the blanks have been cut out and hand shaped they are finish sanded and readied for the relevant base coating.

Sealed and base coated the boomers are now ready for the artists to do their thing. Each artists goes to work painting certain themes or stories on the boomerangs using a variety of special and unique techniques.

Once the artists is finished and has signed the item we finish coat the boomerang to seal the art and to avoid smearing.

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