A boomerang was presented to Amir Maimon, Israel ambassador to Australia by artist Pastor Munganbana Norman Miller, co-founder of Indigenous Friends of Israel International, on the anniversary of October 7.
This boomerang depicts the connection between Australian Indigenous people and Israel.
The outstanding feature is Am Yisrael Chai which covers most of the boomerang because we know that Israel is fighting for its very existence, and we declare the nation of Isrrael lives and the people of Israel live. Am Yisrael Chai is written in Hebrew at each end of the boomerang as well.
A boomerang comes back, and this boomerang also symbolizes a return to Judeo-Christian values and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob or Israel. There are dots which are typical of Aboriginal art, and they are in typical Aboriginal colours but others are added to represent Hashem’s rainbow covenant with humankind. The hands on each end are also typical.
A central feature is the star of David and inside it is the number 76 representing the 76th anniversary of the modern state of Israel as I made and painted the boomerang in the 76th year. Psalm 76:1-2 is also featured on the boomerang:
“A song. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.”