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Reg 'Punter' Hart's 'father was taken away from his Aboriginal family as a baby in 1885...Reg began his racing career as a bush jockey out around Charleville...By the time he was 16 he was riding in races. Reg rode between Charleville, Augathella and Cunnamulla.' Source: Aboriginal Stars of the Turf: Jockeys of Australian Racing History (2003)
