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		Born near Mount Stirling east of York in 1840, Tommy Windich accompanied John Forrest on several expeditions and became a well-known figure in the colony.
		John and Alexander Forrest took Noongar guides on expeditions and acknowledged their skills in finding water and food.
		Edna with children Tommy and Meldie beside her Holden station wagon at a gorge on the Ord River, 1960s.
	www.museum.wa.gov.au /exhibitions/online/walap_start/4_Exploration.html (895 words)

	Tommy Windich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Tommy Windich (or Windiitj) was born around 1840 near Mount Stirling in Western Australia.
		By the early 1860s, Windich was working as a native assistant in the police force at, where his main tasks were to assist in the tracking of escaped convicts, Aborigines who were wanted by the authorities, and escaped horses.
		In 1869, Windich was a member of John Forrest's first expedition, which searched without success for clues to the fate of the long-lost explorer Ludwig Leichhardt in the desert west of the site of the present-day town of Leonora.
	www.gogog.com /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tommy_Windich (579 words)

	Tommy Windich - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		By the early 1860s, Windich was working as a "native assistant" in the police force at York, where his main tasks were to assist in the tracking of escaped convicts, Aborigines who were wanted by the authorities, and escaped horses.
		Sometime in 1866 Windich was stationed to Beverley, where he continued his usual work as a native assistant, but was also sent on a number of exploring expeditions.
		Tommy Windich, Cultural references, References, 1840 births, 1876 deaths, Australian explorers, Explorers of Australia, Explorers of Western Australia and Indigenous Australians from Western Australia.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Tommy_Windich (659 words)

	Tommy Windich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little is known of his youth, but his skills in tracking and knowledge of a number of Aboriginal languages suggest a traditional upbringing, whereas his skills in horseriding and marksmanship indicate extensive contact with colonial culture.
		Windich's first exploratory expedition was the third expedition of the explorer Charles Hunt.
		The objective was to explore the area east of the Hampton Plains but an unseasonal drought caused a great shortage of water and feed for the horses, and they were forced to abandon their plans and return to York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tommy_Windich (621 words)

	Windich (Windiitj), Tommy (1840 - 1876) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		WINDICH (WINDIITJ), TOMMY (1840-1876), Aboriginal tracker and explorer, was born near Mount Stirling, south of Kellerberrin, Western Australia.
		Windich was on good terms with the Forrest family, who had settled at Picton in 1851, and especially with John and Alexander, sons of William.
		Windich usually acted as the scout and was adept at finding either native wells or waterholes in the rocky outcrops.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A060453b.htm (539 words)

	Tommy Did You Mean tommy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Tommy (1969) is one of The Who's two full-scale rock operas, and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera.
		Tommy's father had been listed as missing in action during World War I, but he returns unexpectedly in 1921 and kills his wife's new lover in front of the seven-year-old Tommy.
		Tommy was originally released as a two-LP set with a thin booklet of lyrics and artwork in a triptychtyle fold-out cover.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Tommy.html (1805 words)

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		Sent Tommy in search of the remainder, and, after waiting until 3 o'clock for his return, my brother, Osborn, and Billy went with seven horses and loads; instructed to camp at the first place where there was feed and water, there being no feed at this camp.
		Tommy shot a kangaroo this evening, and the two natives who were travelling with us from the Thomas River did ample justice to the supper, literally eating the whole night.
		After starting the party, went with Tommy Windich to examine the country to the North-West, and then, travelling nine miles over salt marshes and samphire flats, with dense scrub intervening, we reached what is named on the Admiralty Charts The Front Bank, which, ascending, we found very steep and rough.
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	John Forrest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since it was thought that these stories might refer to Leichhardt's party, Forrest was asked to lead a party to the site, with Mungaro as their guide, and there to search for evidence of Leichhardt's fate.
		Forrest assembled a party of six, including the Aboriginal trackers Mungaro and Tommy Windich, and they left Perth on 15 April 1869.
		Forrest's brief was to provide a proper survey of the route, which might be used in future to establish a telegraph link between the colonies, and also to assess the suitability of the land for pasture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Forrest (3789 words)

	The History of Australian Exploration ch 12
		The springs were named the Windich Springs after the fl boy, Tommy Windich, who had been with Forrest on three expeditions.
		Tietkins, who judged by the appearance of the sandhills that there was water in the neighbourhood, sent the fl boy, Tommy, on to a ridge lying to the south of their course..
		Fortunate it was that he did so, for behind it, in a hollow surrounded by sandhills, lay a tiny lake, which the cavalcade was passing by unknowingly until Tommy arrested their progress with frantic yells and shouts.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /ausexplore/ausexpl1-12.html (5283 words)

	AMOL \| National Guide \| Institution Listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The collection is arranged in an open-air park which features large gum and Chinese pepper trees and has a picnic bench and table.
		Quirky statues of locally important identities such as Tommy Windich, Ernest Giles and Warden Finnerty line the picket fence facing Bayley Street, the main street of Coolgardie.
		The collection was amassed by local garage owner, the late Ben Prior, who found most of the objects whilst prospecting for gold in the area.
	amol.org.au /guide/instn.asp?ID=W167 (150 words)

	John Forrest
		Forrest took with him his brother Alexander and an aboriginal Tommy Windich to act as tracker.
		The party left Perth and consisted of 6 men, 16 horses, several dogs and enough supplies to last them to travel the 720 kilometres to Esperance.
		Again, John Forrest took with him his brother and Tommy Windich.
	www.davidreilly.com /australian_explorers/forrest/john.htm (947 words)

	www.westernbelle.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		One outstanding contribution to European settlement was made by Tommy Windich.
		“I have never known any white man equal as a companion in the bush to Tommy Windich, and I have had a long and varied experience.
		History often forgets to give proper credit to the Aboriginal trackers and Co-explorers and people like Tommy Windich of the Njaki-Njaki people should also be given their rightful place in our history.
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	Explorations in Australia by John Forrest - Full Text Free Book (Part 4/5)
		Windich got a shot at an emu, but missed it.
		Tommy Pierre, one of the aboriginals attached to the expedition, being
		Tommy Windich, the other aboriginal attached to the expedition, was also
	www.fullbooks.com /Explorations-in-Australiax69414.html (17401 words)

	EXPLORION - Travel & Exploration Online - Explorations in Australia - Page 41
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		Went with Tommy Windich for a walk eastward along the beach, and returned a little inland.
		Started this morning, in company with McLarty and Tommy Windich, to explore the country to the
	www.explorion.net /j.forrest-explorations-australia/page-41.html (588 words)

	Department of Land Information
		The townsite is located on the railway line from Esperance to Norseman, and was selected as the site for a siding in 1916.
		The name Windich, after Tommy Windich, an Aboriginal companion of John Forrest was at first proposed for the siding and a proposed townsite.
		However, the area was locally known as Red Lake after a nearby lake, and when the townsite was gazetted in 1922 it was named Red Lake.
	www.dli.wa.gov.au /corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names+-+r (1879 words)

	Esperance - Western Australia - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		There is a lookout, from whence one can see stockpiles of table salt, which is produced in solar ponds at the eastern end of the lake.The site is 5 km west of town along Pink Lake Rd which runs off Dempster St.
		Just across the railway line from the harbour (on The Esplanade), is the grave of Tommy Windich.
		'Erected by John and Alexander Forrest in memory of Tommy Windich - Born near Mt Stirling Died at Esperance Bay.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Western-Australia/Esperance/2005/02/17/1108500208428.html (4273 words)

	Walkabout - Esperance
		There is a lookout, from whence one can see stockpiles of table salt, which is produced in solar ponds at the eastern end of the lake.The site is 5 km west of town along Pink Lake Rd which runs off Dempster St.
		Just across the railway line from the harbour (on The Esplanade), is the grave of Tommy Windich.
		'Erected by John and Alexander Forrest in memory of Tommy Windich - Born near Mt Stirling Died at Esperance Bay.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/fairfax/locations/WAEsperance.shtml (4108 words)

	Tommy Windich's Grave - Travel Downunder - Discover the real Australia
		Tommy Windich's Grave - Travel Downunder - Discover the real Australia
		Australia > Western Australia > Goldfields > Tommy Windich's Grave
		Situated in the Port Authority Park on Wireless Hill is the grave of John Forrest's Aboriginal tracker and faithful friend Tommy Windich.
	www.traveldownunder.com.au /Western_Australia/Goldfields/Tommy_Windich's_Grave.asp (117 words)

	Hunt, Charles Cooke (1833 - 1868) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In 1866 Hunt was a road surveyor in the Northam district and then returned to the country east of York intent on deepening the wells he had sunk.
		He was accompanied by four white men and by Tommy Windich, an Aboriginal who later served John Forrest.
		Hunt pressed on clearing and sinking wells until he was driven back by ophthalmia and sickness.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A040504b.htm (578 words)

	Krakatoa in Western Australia
		Anderson, of South Australia, anxious to inspect the locality and procure further specimens, visited the spot, but we understand entertained no favourable opinion of it.
		Parker to have dispatched the native Tommy Windich to a place about 50 miles farther east, who has lately returned, bringing with him a quantity of fl bituminous substance, which burns freely, and emits a good deal of gas of a very offensive odour.
		The sable prospector also reports the existence at the same place of some substance resembling water, and on being shown kerosene, recognized it as being exactly similar.
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	Teacher Resources
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		Model a PMI strategy to examine findings on Tommy Windich.
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	Explorations in Australia by John Forrest - Full Text Free Book (Part 3/5)
		Windich found some in a gully and we camped.
		My brother and Windich being away we were short-handed.
		Tommy Windich shot a red kangaroo this afternoon, and also found a fine
	www.fullbooks.com /Explorations-in-Australia3.html (15047 words)

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		Went over to the lake with all the horses, and brought the loads to the camp.
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	Tommy Windich's Grave - Australia's Golden Outback Aboriginal and Torres Strait Attractions
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		Typical of their fate in this respect, perhaps, is Tommy Windich, guide and closest companion of John Forrest during his three arduous expeditions through the worst of Australia between 1869 and...
		Local attractions include the salt-rich moored in the bay Pink Lake and the grave of Tommy Windich,...
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		Members of the aston martin volante Exploring Expedition, Geraldton to Adelaide, 1874.
		Standing, left to right: Tommy Pierre, Tommy Windich,.
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	Bulbeck Paper 5
		Three Aborigines, Jackey Jackey, Yuranigh and Tommy Windich, have found their way into Australian monumental history as the guides of the famous explorers, Edmund Kennedy, Major Mitchell, and Alexander Forrest.
		As Paul Carter points out for Major Mitchell, the Surveyor-General's diaries were a 'metaphor of cultural invasion'; he saw himself as 'a man fit to found and not merely find places'.
		John and Alexander Forrest, probably in the late 1870s, erected a granite headstone on which the Esperance Shire in Western Australia fixed a brass plaque to Tommy Windich.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/11729/20020510/www.gu.edu.au/centre/cmp/Bulbeck.html (11822 words)

	C.Y. O'Connor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Forrest, depicted here on right with Aboriginal guide Tommy Windich, was concerned about the bad treatment of 'natives'.
		White prospectors were excluding them from their traditional sources of water ('gnamma holes').
		H G. Mason Darkest West Australia: A Guide To Out-back TravellersKalgoorlie: Hocking & Co, 1909, pp.
	www.kitezh.com /watermedicine/tour/kal/cy3a.htm (113 words)

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		Arrested for a crime he denied all his life and sentenced to 10 years.
		Escaped from prison and tracked down by Tommy Windich.
		Failed escape attempt followed by a successful one.
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