Bushman Born [Tommy Windich] by Helen Wood Wilson

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Remnant of price sticker on top front cover. Foxing to foredge.

A biography of Australian tracker and explorer Tommy Windich. Windich was born near Mount Stirling, central Wheatbelt, in the 1840s. Windich belonged to the Kokar People and was brought up near Bunbury.

Windich is famous for his contribution to the expeditions led by John and Alexander Forrest. John Forrest took Windich with him on three expeditions - the north-eastern districts of Western Australia, the Great Australian Bight and Champion Bay. Alexander took Windich with him when he led an expedition to the Hampton Plains in 1871.

Windich died of pneumonia while working with a construction party on the overland telegraph at Esperance Bay in February 1876. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.