Nemarluk: King of the Wilds by Ion L Idriess

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Secondhand. Fair condition. Wear to book edges and corners. Marks on front cover. Front binding has started to fray, however it is now supported by the protective plastic covering that improves the tension in the binding. Pages are sunned. Still a readable copy.

Nemarluk, one of the most feared Aboriginal renegades in the north of Australia, had vowed to rid his land of all intruders.

This is the story of the last few years of his life and his extraordinary battle with the tracker, Bul-Bul, brought in by the Northern Territory Police in a final desperate attempt to put an end to Nemarluk's fight.

Jack Idriess understood the depth of Nemarluk's hatred for the Japanese and the white intruders who had come, unasked, into his people's tribal lands of which he was chief. It was not only Nemarluk's desire to protect his people and the lands from invaders, but it was also his obligation and duty. (Trove)

Nemarluk (c.1911-1940), Aboriginal resistance leader, was born about 1911 in the central Daly River region of the Northern Territory. He belonged to the Murrinh-patha language group. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)

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