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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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS UNIT READING	305.89915 Pas/Dea		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS UNIT READING	305.89915 Pas/Dea		DUE 16-05-24
W'BOOL UNIT READING	305.89915 Pas/Dea		AVAILABLE

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

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