Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW / Michael Bennett ; forward by Bernadette Rile...
Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW / Michael Bennett ; forward by Bernadette Rile...
Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW / Michael Bennett ; forward by Bernadette Riley.
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Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020.
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H 2021/2215 , G 2020/1317
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Billy Dargin: a life cut short -- Sir Watkin Wynne and the Clarke brothers pursuit -- Billy Bogan: on both sides of te law -- On the trail of Jimmy Governor -- Whyman Warrigal Mclean: navigating two worlds -- 'Quite the smartest I ever had': Mayella and female...
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
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 missin...
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Full title
Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW / Michael Bennett ; forward by Bernadette Riley.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-273) and index.
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©2020.
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H 2021/2215 , G 2020/1317
Record Identifier
74VKaDNOvQBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDNOvQBA
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ISBN
9781742236568 paperback
DDC
363.232089915
MMS ID
991024299413502626
