This is a boomerang from Dampier Land in Western Australia.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on Australian Aborigines, only the best of the sites that we visited! Lonely Planet Destinations Web page at: http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/ dest/dest.htm Online Australia Cultural Festival 1999/2000 Webpage at: http://www.culture.com.au/ Aboriginal Studies Association Website at: http://www.asa.nsw.edu/au/

Museum Loan Kits: A kit is not available for the topic of Australian Aborigines. Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: The Museum Explorers Library contains books on Australian Aborigines. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page.

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the past three years. No previous school projects have been completed on Australian Aborigines. To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This is a bark painting from the Morton D. May Collection donated to the University Museum in 1969.