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Tracker : stories of Tracker Tilmouth, Alexis Wright

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"A collective memoir of the charismatic Aboriginal leader, political thinker and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth, who died in Darwin in 2015 at the age of 62. Taken from his family as a child and brought up in a mission on Croker Island, Tracker Tilmouth worked tirelessly for Aboriginal self-determination, creating opportunities for land use and economic development in his many roles, including Director of the Central Land Council of the Northern Territory. Tracker was a visionary, a strategist and a projector of ideas, renowned for his irreverent humour and his determination to tell things the way he saw them. Having known him for many years, Alexis Wright interviewed Tracker, along with family, friends, colleagues, and the politicians he influenced, weaving his and their stories together in a manner reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize?winning author Svetlana Alexievich. The book is as much a testament to the powerful role played by storytelling in contemporary Aboriginal life as it is to the legacy of an extraordinary man."--Back cover
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
620 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Note
"The Miles Franklin Award-Winning author's tribute to the visionary Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth"--Cover
Isbn
9781925336337
Instance
Label
Tracker : stories of Tracker Tilmouth
Title
Tracker
Title remainder
stories of Tracker Tilmouth
Statement of responsibility
Alexis Wright
Title variation
Stories of Tracker Tilmouth
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A collective memoir of the charismatic Aboriginal leader, political thinker and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth, who died in Darwin in 2015 at the age of 62. Taken from his family as a child and brought up in a mission on Croker Island, Tracker Tilmouth worked tirelessly for Aboriginal self-determination, creating opportunities for land use and economic development in his many roles, including Director of the Central Land Council of the Northern Territory. Tracker was a visionary, a strategist and a projector of ideas, renowned for his irreverent humour and his determination to tell things the way he saw them. Having known him for many years, Alexis Wright interviewed Tracker, along with family, friends, colleagues, and the politicians he influenced, weaving his and their stories together in a manner reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize?winning author Svetlana Alexievich. The book is as much a testament to the powerful role played by storytelling in contemporary Aboriginal life as it is to the legacy of an extraordinary man."--Back cover
Award
  • Librarians' Choice (Australia), 2017.
  • Magarey Medal for Biography, 2018.
  • Queensland Literary Awards, Non-Fiction Book Award, 2018.
  • Stella Prize, 2018.
Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10605691
Cataloging source
AU@
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1950-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Wright, Alexis
Dewey number
  • 305.89915092
  • 361.20920899915
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • maps
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Tilmouth, Tracker
  • Central Land Council (Australia)
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Torres Strait Islanders
  • Social reformers
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Civic leaders
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Politicians
  • Australia
Target audience
general
Label
Tracker : stories of Tracker Tilmouth, Alexis Wright
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
"The Miles Franklin Award-Winning author's tribute to the visionary Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth"--Cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000060696825
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
620 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781925336337
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour), 1 map
System control number
(OCoLC)1003293881
Label
Tracker : stories of Tracker Tilmouth, Alexis Wright
Publication
Copyright
Note
"The Miles Franklin Award-Winning author's tribute to the visionary Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth"--Cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000060696825
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
620 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781925336337
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour), 1 map
System control number
(OCoLC)1003293881

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