''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 leaders such as

Nemarluk Nemarluk (1911? – August 1940) was a fierce Aboriginal warrior who lived around present-day Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He fought strongly against both white and Japanese intruders who had come, unasked, into his people's trib ...

and Minmara; the murder of Traynor and Fagan off

Woodah Island Woodah Island, also known as Isle Woodah, is an island in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, lying in the mouth of Blue Mud Bay at . It is located 13.4 km east of Haddon Head on the coast of mainland Arnhem Land. It is 24 ...

; 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