Tracking Tracker Murphy tells the story of Archie Murphy - an Indigenous man from Goodooga in New South Wales - who was a member of the 6th Light Brigade in World War I and the Volunteer Defence Force of World War II.

Despite his service to his country, Mr Murphy - who also worked as a tracker for NSW Police - now lies in an unmarked grave.

Olga Collis-McAnespie lived next door to Mr Murphy throughout her childhood and thought it was important to share his story.

She enlisted the help of Bendigo resident Elvira McIntosh to get the message out there.

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"The stories that are in the book are the stories she remembered," Ms McIntosh said. "He would tell her stories of the war.

"She said at the time it didn't make any sense. He was talking about Bethlehem and Jericho and all of these places in the Bible.

"She said she'd only heard of them in scripture lessons but he had been there and he had fought there. So that's where it all started."

Ms McIntosh said the project became a real family affair, with her daughter Matilda Salkeld contributing to the work through research of Mr Murphy's life.

"With the research and with Olga's notes, then I just sat down and wrote the story," Ms McIntosh said. "There was a lot of communication backwards and forwards, correcting things.

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"Then people who knew Mr Murphy added bits and pieces too and it all came together into this narrative."

Bendigo publishers Bart 'n' Print had worked with Ms McIntosh and Ms Collis-McAnespie on other short stories.

Designer Jodie Bajada said the group jumped at the opportunity to help with the latest work.

"We've done a few books with Olga," she said. "But it's been fantastic to work on and read the story.

"I'm actually interested in my own family history. In this story, I can see that it's really good to have it in print and get it out there because otherwise too many of the war stories and the soldiers would get forgotten."

Ms McIntosh, who has already published other works of her own, said she would be interested in helping people in the Bendigo region share their own family history.

"We're talking about helping write the stories of other people," Ms McIntosh said. "My daughter's very keen so we'll probably do that."

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