''Man Tracks, with the mounted police in the Australian Wilds'' is a 1935 book by Australian author

Ion Idriess Ion Llewellyn Idriess (20 September 18896 June 1979) was a prolific and influential Australian author. He wrote more than 50 books over 43 years between 1927 and 1969 – an average of one book every 10 months, and twice published three books i ...

about the mounted police in north west Western Australia. It includes profiles on Aboriginal outlaws and leaders such as

Joe Flick Joe Flick (c.1865 – 28 October 1889) was an Indigenous Australian outlaw famous for being one of the few people to have killed a Native Police officer. He also wounded the well-known British colonist Frank Hann in a shootout at Lawn Hill S ...

Nemarluk Nemarluk ( – August 1940) was an Murrinh-Patha, Murrinh-patha man, Aboriginal warrior and resistance leader who lived around present-day Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He fought strongly against both ...

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

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1935 non-fiction books Books by Ion Idriess Books about Western Australia Australian non-fiction books Books about Indigenous Australians History books about Australia Works about law enforcement Angus & Robertson books {{australia-hist-book-stub