††††Although we may associate the boomerang with Australia, it was first used in the area which is now Poland, around 25,000 BC. At this time it was made of mammoth tusk and used as a weapon.
Boomerangs finally appeared in Australia 13,000 years later. Today the curved returning boomerang is used only for sport.
Aboriginal Australians use a straight, non-returning boomerang as a weapon for fighting and for hunting animals.
