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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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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

All the rest bangs away, black tracker and all.

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

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

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 Rolf Boldrewood

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

From While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson

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