Man Tracks

Man Tracks
Author Ion Idriess
Country Australia
Language English
Genre historical
Publisher Angus and Robertson
Publication date
1935

Man Tracks, with the mounted police in the Australian Wilds is a 1935 book by Australian author Ion Idriess about the mounted police in north west Western Australia.[1][2]

It includes profiles on aboriginal leaders such as Nemarluk and Minmara; the murder of Traynor and Fagan off Woodah Island; the spearing of Constable McColl; the ambushing of Hemming's patrol; the killing of the Japanese of the luggers' Ouida, The Myrtle, The Olga and the Raff; the spearing of Stephens and Cobb.[3][4]

Idriess later wrote a follow up, Nemarluk: King of the Wilds (1941).

References

  1. Book information at Idriess fan site
  2. REAL LIFE ROMANCE H K S. The North - China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette (1870-1941) [Shanghai] 14 Aug 1935: 284.
  3. "MAN TRACKS". The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 13 April 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 15 April 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "WITH THE TRACKERS". The Northern Herald. 90, (1152). Queensland, Australia. 11 May 1935. p. 33. Retrieved 17 April 2016 via National Library of Australia.
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