It depends in the specific type of boomerang. there is two types. Returning and non-returning boomerang. Back to your question. The way the boomerang is shaped makes it more aerodynamic than a simple stick, also a returning boomerang is specially made to return. Your Welcome. -CRP
Today everyone calls it a boomerang but the name use to vary between different tribes! :)
It is the Boomerang.
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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.
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.
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well...it depends on if you have/made a good quality boomerang. The only other boomerang that wouldn't come back is a stick. :)
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.
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.
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