It evokes one of the most powerful scenes in Tasmanian history.On January 7, 1832, the last 16 Aboriginal warriors from the ...

The items included sacred men’s objects, everyday objects such as Karli (boomerangs), Wurlampi (knives), Pikirri (spear thrower ... from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres ...

After more than a century, Warumungu artefacts are being returned to country in Central Australia from a United ... is also being returned, [and] a spear thrower. "The significance of material ...

The artefacts will be temporarily held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal ... the Horniman's Handling Collection), and Jalkkaji (spear thrower). Warumungu elder Michael Jones Jampijinpa ...

The extra energy gained from a Woomera's (Australian spear thrower) use has been calculated as 4 times that of compound bow (Wikipedia). It's easy to make (this took less than a day) but requires ...

Four Aboriginal spears stolen from indigenous villagers during Captain James Cook's first contact with Australia more than 250 years ago have been returned to their rightful owners. The weapons ...

LONDON (AP) — Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were returned Tuesday to Australia's Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge ...

The artefacts were laid out on a table in the College’s Wren Library, with the three flags of Australia displayed ... return of the spears to the La Perouse Aboriginal community was agreed ...

Four Aboriginal spears that were brought to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago have been repatriated to Australia in a ceremony at Trinity College in Cambridge. The artefacts ...

A British university has given back four spears taken more than 250 years ago from an aboriginal community in Australia by explorer Captain James Cook. Trinity College Cambridge permanently ...