In the late 1800s, in the north of Western Australia, a Bunuba man named Jandamarra moved between two worlds.

He worked with police, learning their ways and their weapons, before turning against them and retreating into the ranges of his own country.

What followed became part of the long and difficult frontier history of the region.

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