Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What a remarkable story. Roughneck jackaroo Bernard Shakeshaft spent years in the Northern Territory, where he learned from Aboriginal ...

There's no denying it; school just isn't for everyone. As a former struggler-at-school, Bernie Shakeshaft founded the BackTrack program in 2006, a space for young people to learn agricultural skills.

Bernie Shakeshaft – a former dingo tracker and jackeroo – knew he was onto something when he smuggled a litter of border collie pups into his TAFE class. “That was the first time I saw wild kids and ...