L. Glauert is thanking J. Tankard of the A.W.U office in Northam for his donation of a boomerang collected in 1922 at Myroodah Station on the Fitrzroy River, from two "natives of the River Tribes". Mr. Glauert explained that the boomerang
was rarely found in Western Australia and was better known in the Northern Territory and Queensland. He recalls that Dr. Roth, in his work on the Queensland Aborigines, stated that this type of weapon was used in warfare and the object of the hook was to catch hold of a spear or club. Other specimens similar to this one are said to have been used for the killing of birds.
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