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The woomera in this picture is the wooden object at left Mokare with spear and woomera, another woomera lies at his feet. A woomera is an Australian Aboriginal wooden spear-throwing device. [1] [2] [3] Similar to an atlatl, it serves as an extension of the human arm, enabling a spear to travel at a greater speed and force than possible with ...
Woomera, unofficially Woomera village, is the domestic area of RAAF Base Woomera.Woomera village has always been a Defence-owned and operated facility. The village is located on the traditional lands of the Kokatha people [4] in the Far North region [5] of South Australia, but is on Commonwealth-owned land and within the area designated as the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA).
The word woomera is an Australian Aboriginal word of the Dharug language of the Eora people of the Sydney basin; a woomera is a wooden spear-throwing device. [9] [10] [11] Woomera was adopted initially as an appropriate [12] name for the settlement of Woomera, [13] that is also called Woomera Village, based on a recommendation from Group Captain Alfred George Pither.
A didgeridoo Mokare with spear and woomera, another woomera lies at his feet The original inventors and invention date of these uniquely Australian inventions are unknown. Didgeridoo – The didgeridoo is a wind instrument of northern Australia . [ 2 ]
RAAF Base Woomera and the RAAF Woomera Test Range (WTR) are the two formations which make up the RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC). RAAF Base Woomera consists of two sectors, 'Base Sector North' which is a restricted access area and includes Camp Rapier. the entrance to the Woomera Test Range and the RAAF Woomera Airfield (IATA: UMR, ICAO: YPWR).
Waddies made by the Arrernte people Aboriginal man carrying waddy, woomera (spear-thrower) and spear, South Australia, c. 1876. A waddy, nulla-nulla, leangle or boondi is an Aboriginal Australian hardwood club or hunting stick for use as a weapon or as a throwing stick for hunting animals. Waddy comes from the Darug people of Port Jackson ...
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Aboriginal peoples would scoop out the sand or mud using a coolamon or woomera, often to a depth of several metres, until clean water gathered in the base of the hole. Knowing the precise location of each soakage was extremely valuable knowledge.