The Red Chief - Idriess Ion

In times past there was an Aboriginal mancalled Cumbo GunnerahHis people called him The Red Kangaroo.He was a clever chief and a mighty fighter(this man from Gunnedah)Later, the white people of this placecalled him The Red Chief.

It would be hard to find a more satisfying hero than the young warrior Red Kangaroo, who by his mental and physical prowess became a chief of his tribe - the revered and powerful Red Chief of the Gunnedah district in northern New South Wales. His story is a first-rate tale of adventure but it is something more - a true story handed down from generation to generation by its hero s tribe and given by the last survivor, King Bungaree, to the white settlers of the district.

An Aboriginal story of pre-settlement survival.