Wp/nys/Meru (Spear thrower)

Meru^[1] or miro^[2] means a spear thrower, used by Noongar to propel a gidjee (war spear), see the right hand weapon in the illustration which shows a Kitj (Spear) loaded in a meru.

Indigenous Australian knife, club and spear thrower from Ridpath's Universal History (1897)

Woomera edit

Another Aboriginal term for a spear thrower is 'woomera', from the Dharug word 'wamara'.^[3] Woomera is used as the name for a rocket testing wer launching range (the Woomera Range Complex) wer for the name of the associated support township Woomera. The Woomera Range is a huge area in South Australia, 500 km NW of Adelaide. Its area is 122,000 square kilometres (roughly the size of England).

Karr-bung Karryl - To make clear edit

Meru as mir or^[1]

meeroo or

meera or

me-ara

Ngiyan waarnk - References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Nyungar Placenames in the South-West of Western Australia - Meru". Nyungar Boodjera Wangkiny = Nyungar Land is Speaking. Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute and the School of Indigenous Studies (SIS) at the University of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2016
↑ Kaartdijin Noongar - Noongar Knowledge: Language. South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council. Retrieved 12 December 2016
↑ woomera. English Oxford Living Dictionaries. Retrieved 13 December 2016

[BoodjarMeru-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Nyungar Placenames in the South-West of Western Australia - Meru". Nyungar Boodjera Wangkiny = Nyungar Land is Speaking. Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute and the School of Indigenous Studies (SIS) at the University of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2016

[Kaartdijin_Noongar-2] Kaartdijin Noongar - Noongar Knowledge: Language. South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council. Retrieved 12 December 2016

[3] woomera. English Oxford Living Dictionaries. Retrieved 13 December 2016

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