Today everyone calls it a boomerang but the name use to vary between different tribes! :)
Boomerang
Boomerang
It is the Boomerang.
No-one's certain where the word came from, but the most likely source is an Aboriginal language in which it means "returning throwing stick".
A boomerang that does not return is still called a boomerang. The indigenous people of Australia had different types of boomerangs for different purposes, and they were not all designed go return.
It is a boomerang
No. Kylie (as in Kylie Monogue) is one Aboriginal Australian word for a throwing stick (or boomerang). The surname Kiely (which is pronounced the same) is an Irish name, but is not used as a given name.
well...it depends on if you have/made a good quality boomerang. The only other boomerang that wouldn't come back is a stick. :)
a stick
Whilst Australia is probably the most well known for the boomerang. However, it should be noted that boomerangs - as a throwing stick, have been found in Poland that date to over 30,000 years old.
Divers don't make a big splash when diving into a pool because of the way they have their bodies straightened out. It's the difference between throwing a rock into water, vs. throwing a small stick into the water.