Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW / Michael Bennett ; forward by Bernadette Riley.
Publication details: Kensington, NSW : NewSouth Books, 2020.Description: xii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781742244747
- 9781742249247
- 9781742236568
- Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in New South Wales
- 363.232089915 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 363.232 BEN | Available | 070661 |
Foreword by Bernadette Riley.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-273) and index.
Aboriginal trackers live in the collective memory as one of the few examples of Aboriginal's people's skills being sought after in colonial society. With skills passed down over millennia, trackers could trace the movement of people across vast swathes of country. Celebrated as saviours of lost children and disoriented adults, and finders of missing livestock, they were also cursed by robbers on the run. In New South Wales alone, more than a thousand Aboriginal men and a smaller number of women toiled for authorities across the state after 1862. This book tells the often unlikely stories of trackers including Billy Bogan, Jimmy Governor, Tommy Gordon, Frank Williams and Alec Riley. -- Cover.
