Assertion: returning boomerang | /r/Synonym | birgan
Facets:
value: by aborigines around moreton bay
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Third, Aboriginal peoples had no writing so could not record their words before the arrival of Europeans, who soon discovered that the returning boomerang was called a ‘birgan’ by Aborigines around Moreton Bay, and a ‘barragadan’ by those in north-western New South Wales.