black tracker

British  

noun

1. an Aboriginal tracker working for the police

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black tracker

Then, nearly three months after, "Moses," as the black tracker was named, walked into Somerset carrying his carbine and revolver, and told another story, which was accepted by the authorities as true.

From Tom Gerrard by Louis Becke

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

From The Lost Valley by James Morgan Walsh

Then Bridget could hear the little click of the tongue and the guttural note of exultation a black tracker gives when he comes upon a trail.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed

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

From While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson

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 David Wynford Carnegie