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Bony was a “blacktracker” who became a police inspector and worked throughout mainland Australia. Ranging across five of Australia’s States, Dr Duke pursued Bony’s trail through desert and coast. He has tracked through the bush, its wonderful scenery and characters. He has climbed mountains and swum in inland seas. For the first time the reader can learn of the real Bony and his antecedents. For the first time the Aboriginal background to so many of Bony’s cases is revealed. This biography displays the real spirit of Australia!

Upfield, Arthur William (1888-1964) --- Australiens (Aborigènes) --- Australie --- Critique et interprétation --- Dans la littérature --- Dans la littérature --- Upfield, Arthur William (1888-1964) --- Australiens (Aborigènes) --- Australie --- Critique et interprétation --- Dans la littérature --- Dans la littérature

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Here is Arthur Upfield's own story, the author of those remarkable murder mysteries set in odd corners of Australia and featuring the Aboriginal sleuth named 'Bony'. A detailed dossier compiled with the cheerful candour of the subject himself. An Englishman by birth, Arthur Upfield tried his luck in Australia. After a short spell as a waiter in Adelaide, Upfield felt drawn towards the Interior where he became a boundary-rider, offside-driver, cattle-drover, opal-gouger, rabbit-trapper, vermin fence patroller and manager of a camel station, drifting through the strange terrains and unusual company which were later to become the subject of his novels. He also tells how he unwittingly provided a real outback murderer with a 'fool-proof' method of disposing of a body, and who was the original on whom the character of 'Bony' was based.

Literature and stories - Authors - Fiction. --- Crime - Criminology. --- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous. --- Race relations - Representation - Literature. --- Law enforcement - Police. --- Authors, Australian --- Novelists, Australian --- Detective and mystery stories, Australian --- History and criticism. --- Upfield, Arthur, --- Queensland (Qld)