<p><em>In times past there was an Aboriginal man<br />
called Cumbo Gunnerah<br />
His people called him The Red Kangaroo.<br />
He was a clever chief and a mighty fighter<br />
(this man from Gunnedah)<br />
Later, the white people of this place<br />
called him The Red Chief.</em></p><p>It would be hard to find a more satisfying hero than the young warrior Red Kangaroo, who by his mental and physical prowess became a chief of his tribe - the revered and powerful Red Chief of the Gunnedah district in northern New South Wales. His story is a first-rate tale of adventure but it is something more - a true story handed down from generation to generation by its hero s tribe and given by the last survivor, King Bungaree, to the white settlers of the district.</p>