The term “boomerang” was first popularized by Captain Phillip King around 1825, but aboriginals commonly called it the “kylie.”

Boomerangs today are known as a lightweight flying object that will return to you commonly used for playing catch, but initially, the boomerang was adopted by the aboriginals in Australia as a hunting weapon. Hunter’s found that the sizeable straight flying “hunting boomerangs” could reach out to 80-90 yards delivering bone-shattering blows to the target animal. Although the “returning boomerang” was also used for hunting, it was more common for those to be used as decoy emulating birds to keep the targets grounded so they could be hunted by other means.

Did you ever play with a boomerang growing up? I know that I have tossed one around a time or two, but I think I will stick with a more modern hunting tool with my performance in boomerang throwing.