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black tracker

British  

noun

  1. an Aboriginal tracker working for the police

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Also a splendid-looking black tracker in a masher uniform and a pair of Wellington boots.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

The country's rough, but there's word gone for a black tracker to go down.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

Happily, after a Warden was appointed at Lawlers, a trooper was sent out, who broke up the gang and captured most of them, at the expense of the life of one black tracker.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford

Presently a black tracker went past and looked at us, and returned to the pub.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

They had with them a capable black tracker who had figured in recent events in the Wombat Ranges.

From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan

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