What is the name for an Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device used to increase the power of a throw?
Woomera (spear-thrower) a compound bow. Woomera (spear-thrower) A woomera is a wooden Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device. 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 only the arm. The word "woomera" comes from the Dharug language of the Eora people of the Sydney basin. The name was adopted for the town of Woomera, South Australia, founded in 1947 as the home of the Anglo-Australian Long Range Weapons Establishment, also known as the "Woomera Rocket Range". Now called RAAF Woomera Range Complex, it is considered
Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear Moora Neya, or the Message of the Spear is a 1911 Australian silent film which was the first Australian movie to emphasise aboriginal people. It was described by a contemporary newspaper report as "on the same lines as the Indian cowboy pictures with which the public are familiar, except that it is a colonial production, and blackfellows are substituted for Indians." It is considered a lost film. The plot consists of 41 scenes and appears to be an original written for the screen. On a station west of the Darling River, Harry