Walter Smith (Australian Bushman)

Walter Smith
Personal details
Born Walter Smith
(1898-07-02)2 July 1898
Arltunga, Northern Territory, Australia
Died 14 June 1990(1990-06-14) (aged 91)
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Bushman

Walter Smith (2 July 1898 – 14 June 1990) was an Australian bushman. He was born at the Arltunga gold-field. [1]

A cameleer, gold prospector, gem fossicker, dogger (dingo trapper), miner, meteorite and fossil collector, Smith knew over thirty native languages[2]

Arltunga Historical Reserve

References

  1. ↑ Kimber, R.G. (1986). Man from Arltunga : Walter Smith, Australian bushman. Victoria Park, W.A.: Hesperian Press. ISBN 085905084X.
  2. ↑ R. G. Kimber (2012). "Smith, Walter (1898–1990)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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