"In Australia the spear thrower is popularly called a woomera, one of the many Aboriginal names for a spear thrower" RAAF Base Woomera Retrieved 15 July...

A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl (pronounced /ˈætlætəl/ or /ˈɑːtlɑːtəl/; Nahuatl ahtlatl [ˈaʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ]) is a tool that uses leverage to...

Look up Woomera or woomera in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Woomera (English: /ˈwʊmərə/) originally refers to: Woomera (spear-thrower), an Indigenous...

ISBN 1-4042-0408-3. In Australia the spear thrower is popularly called a woomera, one of the many Aboriginal names for a spear thrower. Reed, A. W. (1973). Place...

about 50 metres (55 yd) can easily be achieved. Atlatl Kestros Woomera (spear-thrower) Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills. 1999. ISBN 9780879059118...

the user to store energy during the throw Woomera (spear-thrower), a wooden Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device similar to an atlatl This disambiguation...

Woomera, unofficially Woomera village, refers to the domestic area of RAAF Base Woomera. Woomera village has always been a Defence-owned and operated facility...

The Mammoth spear thrower is a spear thrower in the form of a mammoth, discovered at the "Montastruc rock shelter" in Bruniquel, France. It is from the...

Glaive Halberd Javelin Kontos Lance Naginata Pike Pilum Polearm Spear thrower Woomera Xyston The Handbook Of The SAS And Elite Forces. How The Professionals...

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...

her. She is saved by an Aboriginal man, who teaches her to use a woomera spear-thrower. Sergeant Hill tracks Eve to Opalville, but she escapes and heads...

curved flight paths instead of straight ones Woomera – Aboriginal variant of the spear-thrower Schöningen spears - Stone Age weapons "GERARDO ALDAMA JR KUMEYAAY...

needed] The tools boomerang, a word from the Turuwal sub-group, and woomera (spear-thrower) The word gin, a now derogatory term for an indigenous woman, is...

ritual woomera spear-thrower. Back in Cheshire, William finds that the old community ritual has been destroyed. He meets Edward and gives him the woomera. Esther...

marine mammals and Florida alligators) Muzzleloader Spear Slingshot Sling (weapon) Woomera (spear-thrower) Modern cartridge firearms are generally broken...

(Indian) Verutum (Roman) Woomera, amirre (Australian) Could also be used as axe weapons, but were specifically designed for throwing. Francisca, francesca...

The Schöningen spears are a set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the...

33°58′44″S 151°33′36″E / 33.979°S 151.560°E / -33.979; 151.560 HMAS Woomera was an Australian naval vessel operated by the Australian Army and Royal...

includes a wedge-tailed eagle to denote courage and nobility, a woomera spear thrower to symbolise the town and its indigenous heritage, Sturt's Desert...

Knobkierrie Rungu Valari Leverage-enhanced Amentum Atlatl (spear-thrower) Kestros Sling Woomera Elastic propulsion Bow Crossbow Repeating crossbow Cheiroballistra...

of clubs" in 1798. but was probably referring to the woomera, which is actually a spear-thrower. An anonymous 1790 manuscript on Aboriginal languages...

called a spear-thrower. In Western culture these might be called atlatl borrowed from the Aztec, or in Australia the Aboriginal word woomera is used....

not far from its findspot. It is a carved and engraved fragment of a spear-thrower made of reindeer antler. It depicts the 10.5 cm figure of a bison, of...

actions and with rapid dexterity and the aid of a woomera, threw the barbed spear at Phillip. The spear struck the Governor on his right shoulder just above...

shaped, by scraping against an abrasive stone, into such items as arrow and spear points, needles, awls, and fish hooks. Bone tools had mainly been made from...

different from weapons presumed to have been kept in the hand, such as knives, spears, axes, hammers, and maces. Stone tools, including projectile points, can...

becomes a weapon. Looping the thong around the end of the spear, turns the baton into a spear thrower. The object represents both a decorated tool and weapon;...

included the woomera and boomerang in Australia, and the bow in some parts of Melanesia and Polynesia. Nearly all Oceanic peoples had spears and clubs,...

fashioning the instrument. Woomera – The woomera is a type of spear thrower, adding thrust to a spear as part of a throwing action. 1843 – Grain stripper...

significance in the context of the owner and spiritual power of the spear-thrower. Bannerstone at Metropolitan Museum of Art Annual report (1916), New...