Item #CL194-70 [Mounted Police And Aboriginal Tracker, Western Australia]
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[Mounted Police And Aboriginal Tracker, Western Australia]

c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, 14 x 18.8cm. Surface loss to far left figure, laid down on original backing.

Aboriginal trackers were enlisted by British settlers to assist them in “navigating their way through the Australian landscape. The trackers’ hunter-gatherer lifestyle gave rise to excellent tracking skills which were advantageous to settlers in assisting them in finding food and water, locating missing persons and capturing bushrangers.” Ref: Western Australia Police Historical Society; SLWA; Wiki.

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Item #CL194-70

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