The Resource Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW, Michael Bennett ; foreword by Bernadette Riley
Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW, Michael Bennett ; foreword by Bernadette Riley
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The item Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW, Michael Bennett ; foreword by Bernadette Riley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- From the explorer to the pioneer, the swagman to the drover’s wife, with a few bushrangers for good measure, Europeans play all the leading roles. A rare exception is the redoubtable tracker. With skills passed down over millennia, trackers could trace the movements 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. Trackers live in the collective memory as one of the few examples of Aboriginal people’s skills being sought after in colonial society. 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. Through his work on native title claims, historian Michael Bennett realised that the role of trackers – and how they moved between two worlds – has been largely unacknowledged. His important book reveals that their work grew out of traditional society and was sustained by the vast family networks that endure to this day. Pathfinders brings the skilled and diverse work of trackers not only to the forefront of law enforcement history but to the general shared histories of black and white Australia
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large Print Edition.
- Extent
- 526 pages (large print)
- Note
- Copyright page from the original book
- Isbn
- 9780369337153
- Label
- Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW
- Title
- Pathfinders
- Title remainder
- a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Bennett ; foreword by Bernadette Riley
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the explorer to the pioneer, the swagman to the drover’s wife, with a few bushrangers for good measure, Europeans play all the leading roles. A rare exception is the redoubtable tracker. With skills passed down over millennia, trackers could trace the movements 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. Trackers live in the collective memory as one of the few examples of Aboriginal people’s skills being sought after in colonial society. 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. Through his work on native title claims, historian Michael Bennett realised that the role of trackers – and how they moved between two worlds – has been largely unacknowledged. His important book reveals that their work grew out of traditional society and was sustained by the vast family networks that endure to this day. Pathfinders brings the skilled and diverse work of trackers not only to the forefront of law enforcement history but to the general shared histories of black and white Australia
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NLAV
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- Bennett, Michael
- Dewey number
- 305.89915
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Riley, Bernadette
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Tracking and trailing
- Police
- Target audience
- adult
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- Label
- Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW, Michael Bennett ; foreword by Bernadette Riley
- Note
- Copyright page from the original book
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibiographies and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Control code
- 000068060084
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large Print Edition.
- Extent
- 526 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780369337153
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1200274882
- Label
- Pathfinders : a history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW, Michael Bennett ; foreword by Bernadette Riley
- Note
- Copyright page from the original book
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibiographies and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068060084
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large Print Edition.
- Extent
- 526 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780369337153
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1200274882
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