Spears
There are a large variety of spears made by the Indigenous people of Australia. They were made for a variety of purposes and from different materials. When making a spear, Aboriginal men would often use fire to help straighten or harden the wood. When aboriginal men made spears they would use fire to straighten the the tip of the spear. Spears are made for killing big animals like kangaroo and they need to made of strong hard wood, so it can cut the skin of a fast moving animal. Most of the time the spear head was made from stone that was sharpened so it was able to tear through the skin of the animal. They had to tie it to the stick with a plant that can be turned into a string like matierial.