| ISBN |
9781921248016 (paperback) |
| 1921248017 (paperback) |
| 40028584132 |
| Classification |
333.20994 PAS |
| Personal Name |
Pascoe, Bruce, 1947- |
| Title |
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe. |
| Edition |
New edition. |
| Publication Details |
Broome, WA : Magabala Books, 2018. |
| Production & Copyright Details |
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation, 2018. |
| ©2018. |
| Physical Description |
277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Content type |
text |
| still image |
| Note |
First published 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: (pages 249-264) and index. |
| Contents Note |
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 Note |
"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. |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Land use, Aboriginal Australian |
| Agriculture -- Australia -- History |
| Hunting and gathering societies |
| Landuse, Rural |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Land use, Rural -- Australia |
| Hunting and gathering societies -- Australia |
| Subject - Geographic Name |
Australia |
| Australia -- History |
