Alongside kangaroos and Akubra hats, boomerangs are one of the most iconic symbols of the Australian continent. They are also widely misrepresented. Apart from hunting and fighting, boomerangs have ...

Five rare "non-returning" boomerangs found in a dry riverbed in South Australia were probably used hundreds of years ago by the Aborigines to hunt waterbirds, according to a new study. A new analysis ...

French fashion house Chanel has provoked accusations of cultural appropriation with its latest accessory: a boomerang with a price tag of about $1,500. Boomerangs are an important symbol of ...

At first the story seemed clear enough. When an Aboriginal man’s skeleton was found beside an Australian river bank two years ago, the long gash in his skull indicated he’d been slashed to death by a ...