Tracker

This mammoth tribute to Tracker Tilmouth weaves together stories from dozens of people who knew and worked with him during his lifelong work to improve the lives of Aboriginal Australians. The stories paint a complex portrait of a fascinating man. They also brought home how little actual detail I kn......more

I've posted my full review of Tracker on Keeping Up With The Penguins. How do you go about writing the autobiography of a man who was larger than life? The short answer is, you don’t. Tracker is not neat, linear life story told in a single voice. Rather, it is a “collective memoir”, drawing upon the......more

DNF ( I read about half). I really wanted to like this book and for the first quarter I did. The anecdotes, conversational style and different narrators complemented the rugged, gregarious, passionate character I was beginning to admire. Unfortunately the book lost me from this point. It began to ge......more

A collective biography of Tracker Tilmouth, who was a prominent Aboriginal leader and larger-than-life character. I was keen to read Alexis Wright, but her skill here is collating the stories, not her own writing. Factual & disorientating to read, stories repeat & circle around issues - a different......more

This was a fascinating read into a larger than life man who devoted his life to the cause of his people. I learnt so much about Aboriginal land rights vs. native title and the perspectives of a wide range of people involved in Aboriginal affairs across the decades really painted a thorough picture o......more