https://www.pitara.com/tags/boomerangs/Recent content in Boomerangs on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/boomerang-from-weapon-to-fun/Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:20:24 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/boomerang-from-weapon-to-fun/<p>This goes back a long time. The aborigines, or the original inhabitants of Australia, needed an effective weapon to hunt animals and birds for food. When they looked around, their eyes rested on wood, which was so easily available. They made banana-shaped weapons of hard wood, with a curve on top and a flat bottom. That made each leg act like an aircraft wing.</p> <p>They held it from one end over their shoulders and threw it hard and straight with such force that even animals could be killed. Thus was the boomerang born.</p>