Jack Cave

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The ‘rare pluck’ of Jack Cave made headlines in February 1925 when he rushed into a burning stable and saved two racehorses from certain death.

Born on Wiradjuri Country near Bathurst in 1865, Jack trained as a horse breaker before working with NSW Police Service as a ‘black tracker’. Trackers’ intimate knowledge of Country assisted police to locate stolen animals, escapees and missing people. Jack’s skills as a tracker were well-known throughout the Central West, Northern NSW and the Northern Tablelands.

An accomplished jockey, Jack reputedly rode five winners at a Walgett race meeting in the early 1900s. Later in life he moved to Coolangatta, where he worked at the zoo before passing away in the 1950s.

Pathfinders: The History of NSW Aboriginal Trackers [1]

Bathurst Times, 27 February 1925 [2]