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Author Pascoe, Bruce, 1947- author

Title Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture / Bruce Pascoe
Edition New edition
Published Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation, 2018
©2018

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Description 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents 1.Agriculture -- 2.Aquaculture -- 3.Population and housing -- 4.Storage and preservation -- 5.Fire -- 6.The heavens, language, and the law -- 7.An Australian agricultural revolution -- 8.Accepting history and creating the future
Summary "Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia's past is required"--Publisher's website
Notes First published 2014
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: (pages 249-264) and index
Notes Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Award Book of the Year
Winner, New South Wales Indigenous Writer's Prize, 2016
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture.
Land use, Rural -- Australia.
Hunting and gathering societies -- Australia.
Wadi Wadi people D4
Yuin people S67
Ngiyampaa / Ngempa people D22
Dhauwurd Wurrung people S20
History - Theory and criticism - Sources.
Fishing - Fish traps.
Food - Plants - Yams.
Housing - Shelters.
Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European.
Settlement and contacts - Colonisation.
Water supply - Wells and bores.
Buildings - Architecture and design.
Food - Preparation - Cooking.
Technology - Fire.
Plants - Nardoo.
Plants - Grasses.
Reading List IND710 prescribed text 2024
ISBN 9781921248016