BOOMERANG

A rough definition of boomerang would be a "blade hardwood" and was used as bat hunting by early humans worldwide. However, nobody knows for sure where it originated.

Traces have been found in Egypt, where it is stated that they were used by the Pharaohs to hunt birds. The oldest sample, however, was found in Poland in 1987 and is believed to have been built for 23 thousand years before Christ.
Australia, however that was earned the title "the boomerang country."

The oldest Australian copy is dated 9000 years ago and its main functions besides hunting instrument was cut meats and vegetables, digging the earth in search of edible roots and fish to hit the beaches.

The sport emerged almost simultaneously in Australia, Europe and the United States in the late '60s, but it was the Boomerang Association of Australia, founded in 1969 which established the main evidence played today. The first World Cup was held in 1988 in Australia.