Native Australian Hunting Stick

[Flying10uk]

I wondered if our Australian members could help with this one please. This stick was purchased by my family in Australia around 1910 while they were living there for a period of about 4 years. They went to Australia with the impression that they were going to make a fortune from sheep farming but in reality they lost pretty much everything. They came back to the U.K. in 1914 and during the voyage WW1 was declared. At this point 2 German warships started stopping British merchant ships in the Mediterranean, looting the contents, then sinking the ships. The Captain who was taking my family home stopped the ship in Alexandria, Egypt to allow any passengers who wished to get off. He then made the dangerous part of the journey across the Med at night without any lights and uneventfully.

I was wondering what is the proper name for this stick and how it would be used to hunt animals? Is it thrown or do you hit the animal truncheon fashion with it? Thank-you for any info.

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