woomera- what is it

[Andrzej Markiewicz <daisyhed@adelaide.DIALix.oz.au>]

	Hi Lovehounds!
		I must admit I am surprized at how many people watched 
Skippy- I thought we only had it here.
	Woomera is an aboriginal word. It is the name of an implement 
they use for flinging a spear. They also use it for carrying food, water 
etc..It is made of wood, about 1 foot long and shaped like a long 
ovoid bowl with a kind of hook on the end.
	It is also a place name, but the name was given by white people 
back in the fifties. What happened was the British and Australian 
governments undertook a massive relocation programme from the central 
desert area of South Australia- in other words they kicked the Aborigines 
off their land forcibly- because they wanted to establish a nuclear test 
site (Maralinga) and a rocket research and test facility. This was 
Woomera, which was also used by the American air force. Let's see Skippy 
solve that one.
	" Displace the race that claim the place and say we look for ore"
	
				Unjay
http://www.ausguide.com.au/daisy.htm