Mijanu

Mijanu also known as Long Tommy or Tracker Tommy, (c. 1900 – June 1978) was a stockman and police tracker from the Newcastle Waters region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Life in the Northern Territory Mijanu grew up in the area of Newcastle Waters and Powell Creek and his traditional country was west of Banka Banka Station and his patrilineal (from his father) Dreaming was Japurla-japurla and Karu while his matrilineal (from his mother) Dreaming was ngurlu and yalawan. His first languages were Mudburra and Jingulu but he could also speak Warumungu, Warlmanpa and English.

After this he began working regularly with Philip Muldoon, who was then the police constable at Newcastle Waters Police Station, throughout the 1930s and, in 1940s, with other police officers posted there. Mijanu's wife, Ruby, would also take work at the Police Station and later helped Gordon Stott when the police station was moved to Elliott which was newly established. At the new station Mijanu and Ruby chose not to stay at the accommodation provided for them but in the Aboriginal camp and was responsible for maintaining the police horses and yards when they were not tracking.