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Have to agree...Both good books.

Used to see Max around the town a bit, bu have not seen him for a while....I pressume he is still alive?

Phil

Tracks is a book about the Aboriginal trackers who worked with Max Jones.

The people at Gerard were from all parts of SA and there were people there from traditional areas who were very good trackers. The most famous of these was Jimmy James. There were in fact two Jimmy James's who were trackers. The original Jimmy James was from Marree. When he died his son-in-law Ooldea Jimmy (from Ooldea SA) took on the name Jimmy James and continued on as a tracker. The Jimmy James in the bood by Max Jones is in fact Ooldea Jimmy.

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Phil, I presume your in Renmark then. The last I heard of him was about a couple of years ago, he was not in good health and blind but I had not heard that he had passed away so I hope he is still going.

Perhaps Steve will know.

Hi Des,

I am actually in Adelaide but the family has a houseboat mored at the Jane in Renmark for the last 20 years so spend a fair amount of time up there. I new that he had lost his sight, allthough it did happen over time, I would be guessing he would be a fair old age now if he were still alive. Where are you situated?

Phil

We're in Berri.
The jane has changed a bit over the last 20 years.

Certainly has, I remember when we first started going there. It was when Ian had done the trial plot to prove to all the people that said he would never get anything to grow there that he could. It is just a shame the way it all ended up and the way he was pushed out of the whole thing. I would say if it had all gone his way it would be finished and in a better way, he would never have allowed the condos that are now built on what used to be all the public land on the waterfront by the tower.

Was in Berri earlier in the year for the kneeboarding comps, spent a very enjoyable afternoon at the cafe by the visitors center there. A great little spot to sit back and enjoy a bit of the amber liquid :-)

Hi Kumunara (SA),
My brother (dec.) was born at Cook hospital (on the Nullarbor) in 1946. At that time there was a little Aboriginal baby/toddler there who won the hearts of all & sundry!
His name was Sidney James and he was from Ooldea, to my knowledge. Wonder if he is the Jimmy James or maybe related to #2?
Must look out for those books.

Hi folks,

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Possum passed away quite some time ago and was buried on one of the stations up there.

Regards

Kim

Kim, you are correct re Possum. Phil and I were refering to the author Max Jones

Hope you enjoy it Mike!!!

You will love it!
I hail from UK originally and i reckon this book absolutely captures the "aura" of Australia for me. I am an avid reader and I could not put this book down.

ENJOY!