Pascoe, Bruce
Dark Emu
- ISBN 13:
- 9781947534087
- author:
- Pascoe, Bruce
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Scribe Us
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 20.83 x 13.46 x 2.29 centimetres
- Genre:
- Biography, Science & Technology, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Dark Emu challenges our understanding of Australia's First Peoples and their relationship with the land. For centuries, Aboriginal Australians were portrayed as primitive hunter-gatherers, but this seminal work reveals a more complex picture. Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that Aboriginal people built dams, planted crops, irrigated land, and created elaborate cemeteries, demonstrating sophisticated systems of food production and land management. These practices contradict the conventional narrative of Australia's First Peoples as hunter-gatherers, and Pascoe uses compelling records from early Australian explorers and colonists to expose the inaccuracies in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history. By re-examining Australia's past, Pascoe sheds new light on the country's indigenous heritage and its significance for all Australians. This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of Australia's First Peoples, one that is grounded in compelling evidence and challenging to conventional wisdom.
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