$28.00
- Paperback
278 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2018
Summary
Dark Emu: Challenging the Hunter-Gatherer Myth
Dark Emu re-evaluates the traditional perception of pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians as solely hunter-gatherers. Drawing on the diaries and records of early Australian explorers, the book presents compelling evidence that Aboriginal people across the continent engaged in sophisticated agricultural practices, including domesticating plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating, and storing crops.
This challenges the long-held “hunte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921248016 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921248017 |
| Author: | Bruce Pascoe |
| Publisher: | Magabala Books |
| Imprint: | Magabala Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 278 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 209mm x 79mm |
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About The Author
Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong man born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. He is a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria and has been the director of the Australian Studies Project for the Commonwealth Schools Commission. Bruce has had a varied career as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor.
Books include the short story collections Night Animals and Nightjar; the novels Fox, Ruby Eyed Coucal, Ribcage, Shark, Earth, and Ocean; historical works Cape Otway: Coast of secrets and Convincing Ground; the childrens book Foxies in a Firehose and the young adult fiction Fog a Dox, which won the Prime Ministers Literary Award for YA Fiction, 2013.
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