Aboriginal Tools And Aboriginals

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Aboriginals had multiple different tools and weapons that they made, to help them with their tasks. They were smart with making and using tools and weapons. They were the first people in the world to use stone tools to grind seeds, and also to introduce ground edges on cutting tools. The traditional tools included scrapers, digging sticks, knives and axes. And the traditional weapons were spears, shields, clubs and boomerangs. Knives were made of bones or stones they were very sharp, and they were also used as tools when killing animals. Shields were used to protect themselves when against the animals they were hunting, or in a battle against other people. Shields were made out of timber, and spears were made either of wood or bone and they

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