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Boomerang Tales
By
Terry Heaton
South Australian News
New light has been thrown onto the origins of the Australian national anthem.
During excavation of ancient aboriginal burial grounds an unusual boomerang was discovered.
The boomerang, which was slightly larger than normal boomerangs and was covered with of holes of different shapes and sizes with some were bored all the way through.
At first it was thought that this was done to reduce the weight of the
Boomerang so that it would be easier to carry several of them together and also it could be thrown further.
Then just recently during test at the Boomerang Salt Flats near Alice Springs an amazing discovery was made. When thrown at just the right angle (28 degrees to be exact) it was found that the boomerang played a tune, the effect is similar to someone playing the panpipes and the tune was Waltzing Matilda.
It was also discovered that if the boomerang was thrown at the correct speed (2 revolutions per second at 28 degrees) and from exactly 100yds away from the kangaroo, the kangaroo would get to hear all the first verse of Waltzing Matilda before being whacked on the side of the head.
During tests it was also noted that on hearing the first few notes the kangaroos would stop and start tapping their feet in time to the music, some of them were even recorded humming the tune while they waited for the boomerang to hit them.
It is now thought that the ancient aboriginals may have carried an assortment of musical boomerangs rather like some people today carry a Walkman so they can listen to music while at work.
On the television program Beyond 2000, which is similar to Tomorrows World, the young aboriginal inventor 25 stone Billy (no neck) Braithewaite demonstrated his latest boomerang. This boomerang made from an almost unbreakable clear plastic is totally invisible in flight.
The kangaroo can hear it coming but it never sees it strike its head. The only problem at the moment is that if the boomerang misses the kangaroo the person who threw it cannot see it coming back. Several test throwers have been severely injured during trials.
Billy is still working on the problem.
By
Terry Heaton
South Australian News
New light has been thrown onto the origins of the Australian national anthem.
During excavation of ancient aboriginal burial grounds an unusual boomerang was discovered.
The boomerang, which was slightly larger than normal boomerangs and was covered with of holes of different shapes and sizes with some were bored all the way through.
At first it was thought that this was done to reduce the weight of the
Boomerang so that it would be easier to carry several of them together and also it could be thrown further.
Then just recently during test at the Boomerang Salt Flats near Alice Springs an amazing discovery was made. When thrown at just the right angle (28 degrees to be exact) it was found that the boomerang played a tune, the effect is similar to someone playing the panpipes and the tune was Waltzing Matilda.
It was also discovered that if the boomerang was thrown at the correct speed (2 revolutions per second at 28 degrees) and from exactly 100yds away from the kangaroo, the kangaroo would get to hear all the first verse of Waltzing Matilda before being whacked on the side of the head.
During tests it was also noted that on hearing the first few notes the kangaroos would stop and start tapping their feet in time to the music, some of them were even recorded humming the tune while they waited for the boomerang to hit them.
It is now thought that the ancient aboriginals may have carried an assortment of musical boomerangs rather like some people today carry a Walkman so they can listen to music while at work.
On the television program Beyond 2000, which is similar to Tomorrows World, the young aboriginal inventor 25 stone Billy (no neck) Braithewaite demonstrated his latest boomerang. This boomerang made from an almost unbreakable clear plastic is totally invisible in flight.
The kangaroo can hear it coming but it never sees it strike its head. The only problem at the moment is that if the boomerang misses the kangaroo the person who threw it cannot see it coming back. Several test throwers have been severely injured during trials.
Billy is still working on the problem.
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