Australia's Agricultural Identity - an Aboriginal yarn by Joshua Gilbert - ISBN: 9781761047374
Paperback
Ancient wisdom meets modern farming for Australia’s agricultural future.

Australia's Agricultural Identity - an Aboriginal yarn

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    27 May 2025

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Summary

Putting culture back in Agriculture.

A young, entrepreneurial Worimi man leaps into the discussion of agriculture on this land on which we live, its past, but more importantly, its future.

Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights.

Starting from his own Worimi Country, where his family history is captured in the journals…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761047374
ISBN-10:176104737X
Author:Joshua Gilbert
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:27 May 2025
Weight:364g
Dimensions:27mm x 234mm x 153mm
About The Author

Joshua Gilbert

Joshua Gilbert is a socially and commercially focused Worimi man with extensive experience across Indigenous affairs, the environmental sector, and sustainable agriculture. Josh’s work creates change through sharing the narration of Indigenous identity through agricultural and environmental truth-telling in light of modern contexts. Josh is a deep, strategic thinker and manages business change effectively through empathy. He is passionate about creating change through effective investment and societal understanding.

Josh is undertaking a PhD at Charles Sturt University, focused on the concept of Indigenous modernity through agriculture. He was recently recognized internationally for his work, announced in the inaugural 50 Next- People Shaping the Future of Gastronomy cohort.

Josh works across the community, government, and corporate sectors, serving as the president of Wingham Beef Week and on the boards for Indigenous Business Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation, and as the Aboriginal Co-Chair of Reconciliation NSW. Josh acts as an advisor for Sustainable Table, the Future Drought Fund Consultative Committee, CSIRO’s Agriculture and Food Group, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s First Nations Trade and Investment Advisory Group.

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