Why Boomerang Cult in Australia?

While looking at the large size photographs of Australia made from space, he noticed an interesting thing. It turns out that the Parliament of Canberra (the capital of Australia) is projected from orbit as two large architectural complexes in the shape of adjacent Burmang.

More specifically, they are aimed at each other and have a high (81 m) steel flagpole above the supports above them with a huge flag flying in the air. All sizes of parliament are hit by scale. However, the most worrying thing was that it took the form of two boomerangs.

Of course, I wanted to know how the idea of ​​creating a parliament with such a real and unexpected look for Europeans came about. (You know, Australia was started in 1606, from where the Europeans started colonizing it.) A parliament of pure European standard in architecture would be quite logical against the background of history. And then those boomerangs?

To understand such a bizarre contrast, it is necessary to explain why the Aborigines specifically brought boomerangs into the world. However, scientists and archaeologists have found objects resembling boomerangs (related to the late Paleolithic) in caves in several countries in Europe and Asia. Especially in the region of modern France. The boomerangs painted on the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs are well-known.

So why is the discovery priority given to Australian tribes? The word is that the aborigines of Australia brought back the boomerang in the hands of the first to throw. Other continents used slightly different designs that only came back, but not by hand. During the flight, the boomerang had to be seen with the naked eye and had to change its position to catch it.

In addition, the Australians were the first to bring an effective battlefield boomerang with extended aircraft range, which hit from behind or from the side, but did not return. Their only important advantage was that the enemy could not always predict which side would get hit to avoid the flying boomerang. Europeans could evaluate the effectiveness of these throwing weapons during the colonization of Australia. Australia’s population began about 40,000 years ago. The modern population of the country is mainly immigrants from Britain. The population includes many Australians, immigrants from Germany, Italy, Greece, China, and Vietnam, and native Australians and immigrants from Britain, but Australia is proud of its foreignness. And it’s not just natural.

It is no accident that kangaroos and ostriches are in the arsenal of this country. And the best-selling amulet boomerang for tourists. Of course, the Australians are on the wall themselves. In this case, it is noteworthy that Australia is the only country in the world where the boomerang throwing competition is held.

During World War I, Indigenous peoples of Australia joined the British Royal Army. There is a record of the use of boomerang grenades in the history of that time. Presumably, the second type of (non-return) elongated boomerangs were used and had a grenade attached to them. The range of such boomerang aircraft can exceed 100 meters, which can be very effective in trench warfare.