The Natives as Trackers in Early Australia
Extraordinary stories from early settlement describe aboriginal tracking powers. A skilled tracker reads signs in ground and nature to follow game, avoid enemies, and recount daily moves with astonishing detail. Examples include tracking horses, camels, dogs, and native movements through precise sign interpretation and memory.
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Maine
Leech
Australia
Coe Blackby
Jacky
Wiltin
UF Latse
Jack
Chuck
Teddy
Tom
Ruth
Jacks
Little Jack
Ian
Tracking skills of black trackers in colonial times
The article recounts how black trackers detected a crime by observing gun handles, coat color, and dog features. It describes teaching methods passed from elders to youths, tracking over long ages, distinguishing animal tracks, and how trackers aided police during bushranging days, valued by white settlers and authorities.
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Sherlock Holmes
Ueli Tse
Jean Fees
Supersilians and ancient beliefs amid Australian aborigines
Fragmented writings describe long vanished beliefs, deities, and rites ascribed to Aboriginal traditions, with debates over creator figures and tribal names. The text shifts to medical notices praising Chamberlain Pain Malm for pain relief, followed by advertisements for tablets and local suppliers.
Zam-Buk claims miracle cure for sores and racking pains
Margaret Schutt of Adelaide proclaims Zam-Buk healing balm cured her leg sores after doctors failed. She touts Zam-Buk as the sole remedy and endorses it for piles, burns, rheumatism, neuralgia, strains, and many other ailments. Available in Sydney and local stores at 16 shillings.
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Margaret Schutt
Wight Street
Adelade
S.A
Huis
Zim Bas
Zam-Bok
Sydney
Enquire of Your Neighbours The Case of Mrs Waters
A fragmented historical item recounts Mrs. A Waters case with neighbors urged to seek testimony from locals. The overheard dialogue hints at a community inquiry amid moral and social concerns, naming individuals and places in a dense, unclear transcript.
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A. Waters
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