All i know is that they look badass, i have seen different variations of the boomerang.

The bottom 5 look like legit boomerangs
Rough guess is they are made from jam wood (acacia accuminata).
Look like they are mostly decorative, but may also be functional as hunting tools.
At least they’re accurate is the choice of dense heavy hard wood.
As for where in Australia they were made that’s out of my knowledge but likely not coastal because these trees occur more inland.
Top boomerang looks like a cheap knockoff

joe_meadmaker wrote on Feb 28^th, 2020 at 8:53pm:

I got them from an elderly man who travelled the world in his younger days when overseas travel was a rarity (he had tons of odd stuff from around the world).
I have tried throwing one (the smallest) some months ago and it broke in two when it landed on a gravel road but I patched it up quite nicely. Afterwords I haven't been able to try throwing one again because it has been incredibly windy for weeks around here.

From the little throwing I have done I can definitely say that it was functional and non-returning.

Mersa wrote on Feb 28^th, 2020 at 8:49pm:


Interesting! Then they would have been made in west-south Australia (according to my search engine).

Mersa wrote on Feb 29^th, 2020 at 5:00pm:

Yeah that one is not part of the collection. I bought it off a flea market.

http://www.throwsticks.com/


Ask this man he could tell you I am sure he makes some awesome throw sticks

I tried throwing the second smallest one yesterday and I flies in a perfect straight path. Very nice!
Problem is that the slightest wind with quickly make it spin around itself and fall to the ground. Can't wait for perfect windless weather.

@ghost0311-8541
they do look nice!

Reviving this thread to bring you this message: no, I do not think these are authentic boomerangs.



Some months ago I found a typology of Australian boomerangs: https://www.aboriginal-bark-paintings.com/aboriginal-boomerang/
And found my boomerangs do not seem to fit any of the types.

Searching for some examples I fell upon this site selling stuff: https://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/2220-australian-aboriginal-artefacts-...
Many of the boomerangs are described as being from western, central, etc. Australia and look like they should according to the typology.

And suspiciously many boomerangs look like the spitting image of mine.



And do not seem to fit any specific typology either. And they are NEVER described as being from any specific area.
Search for "kangaroo" and most of the boomerangs with this description fit the above points.

Not only that, few other boomerangs have figure carvings as intricate as those kangaroos and emus. Some have patterns and stripes and such, and THEY look like their described area of origin.


They were probably made in some modern workshop and are what souvenir boomerangs looked like back in the 50-60's.