No. The spear is a weapon but the woomera is not. The woomera is a spear-thrower. It enabled the men to throw a spear with greater speed and accuracy.
A woomera is a spear-thrower.
spear thrower
spearlauncher or spear thrower. ie: the tool used to throw a spear.
Woomera is a test facility in Australia run by the Department of Defence. it is named after the woomera which is an Aboriginal spear throwing device. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera,_South_Australia
The word "woomera" comes from the Dharug language of the Eora people of the Sydney basin. A woomera is a wooden Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device.
woomera
A woomera is a spear throwing device. By placing the spear in the woomera, Australian aboriginals invented a way of using leverage on the spear that enabled it to go much further then a conventionally thrown spear. The woomera was usually made of hollow wood from a hollow tree. It was also as a knife, chisel, graver, digging stick and for cutting cooked fish. It was also used for looking for grubs. The woomera was part of the Australian aboriginal hunters tools.
The woomera was attached to a spear in order to increase the distance it would travel. Sometimes it also had other implements attached to it and became a multi-purpose tool.
A woomera is a spear-thrower. The indigenous people of Australia used the woomera to help them throw a spear further.
A woomera is a spear-thrower. The indigenous people of Australia used the woomera to help them throw a spear further.
who used a woomera to throw a spere
A woomera is a spear-thrower. It was used by the Indigenous Australians to improve the speed and accuracy when they threw a hunting spear.