My first thought was a woomera, because they often have a piece of flint fixed in the gum on the 'handle' end for use as a cutting tool.
But, looking through Edge Partington's 'Ethnographic Album of the Pacific Islands' I saw examples of another type of Australian artefact which this could be. They are often called swords, although I'm not sure if it is actually a misleading name (because I don't know if they were actually used as cutting weapons). Edge Partington illustrates examples that seem to have the gum on the handle.
Origin Western Desert ? Anyway, a good example, so congratulations !
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