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Rare Boomerang Collection Reveals a Diverse Past

New research at Flinders University has analyzed a rare non-returning boomerang collection from Kinipapa (Cooper Creek) near Innamincka in South Australia’s far northeast. The four boomerangs and one wooden fragment were discovered in the creek bed during drought conditions in 2017 and 2018 by Jason Litherland from National Parks and Wildlife South Australia and Katheryn ...

Troy Oakes

Boomerangs found at kinipapa.

Djabugay, the Near Extinct Australian Language

Djabugay is the language of the people with the same name. Their language is now almost extinct. The federal nation of Australia was established in 1901, about 120 years ago. Yet, this is a very old continent with an immensely long history of human settlement, much older than that of Europe and the Americas. The ...

Michael Segarty

Australian aborigines dancing.