Why Are Boomerangs Important to Aboriginals?

A boomerang is a tool that represents the rich Aboriginal and Dharuk culture. It's a symbol of cultural endurance. In 10000 BC or roughly a couple thousands of years ago it was discovered by the Aboriginals but originally it was invented by the ancient Egyptians 4000 years ago. Ancient Egyptians were very familiar with boomerangs in fact pharaoh Tutankhamun had an extensive collection of boomerangs. Thousands of years ago boomerangs were traditionally crafted by wood but sometimes they were crafted by animals' bones, tusks, horns and even iron. Compared to today, modern boomerangs are crafted with carbon fiber, plastics, phenolic paper and also plywood. Another factor is that Aboriginals would draw/paint on their boomerangs, symbols to symbolize or represent their tribes.

Aboriginals valued the boomerang because it had many benefits to sustain their lives especially when they haven't been provided with efficient modern resources like plastic, coal, etc. Some of those benefits are boomerangs used as hunting tools. In modern day society, boomerangs are considered as a game or an Olympic sport, but before aboriginals used boomerangs to capture animals to eat or gather resources provided from the animals. One example is when the try to capture an emu, and we know emus are incredibly fast. Aboriginal tribes like to eat emus so they would throw the boomerang efficiently where it would hit its legs. When it hits its legs, it wouldn't be able to run so it stops and the then aboriginals would then capture it and take it and eat the emu as a meal for the tribe.