Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture

Gerritsen and Gammage in their latest books support this premise but Pascoe takes this further and challenges the hunter-gatherer tag as a convenient lie. Almost all the evidence in Dark Emu comes from the records and diaries of the Australian explorers, impeccable sources. Bruce's comments on his book compared to Gammage's: 'My book is about food production, housing construction and clothing, whereas Gammage was interested in the appearance of the country at contact. [Gammage] doesn't contest hunter gatherer labels either, whereas that is at the centre of my argument.'

Author: Bruce Pascoe
ISBN: 9781921248016
Type: Paperback
Dimensions: 210 x 135 mm
Pages: 278
Publisher: Magabala Book
Publication date: June 2018