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Dark Emu
- Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?
- Narrated by: Bruce Pascoe
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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What you thought you knew about pre-colonial Aboriginal Australia is wrong. Learn the true history of Australia’s first people in Dark Emu. Author Bruce Pascoe lays out the compelling case that Aboriginal culture was far more rich and advanced than we’ve been led to believe, crafting a work that has won two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Book of the Year and the Indigenous Writers’ Prize.
Drawing from accounts from some of the first settlers to arrive in Australia, including Charles Sturt and Thomas Mitchell, Pascoe shares evidence of advanced agriculture, engineering and architecture that challenges the fraught concept of Terra Nullius. One of Australia’s most esteemed writers and an advocate for Australia’s Aboriginal people, Pascoe narrates his own work with heart, honesty and expertise.
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A completely accessible, compelling and riveting account of pre-invasion Aboriginal agricultural systems.
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-07-19
very interesting
should be in the school curriculum, calmly unpacks some very important issues in a convincing and thoughtful manner
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- Armando U.
- 03-02-21
I was so ignorant about indigenous Australia
I loved this booked, I finished it with mixed feelings of sadness for what has been taken from the real owners of the land, for the lies that have been told. But it gives me peace that more people like me who wasn't even born in this beautiful nation have now a better understanding of the real history and about the great achievements by indigenous Australians.
I thank the author of this book for helping me finding light into this beautiful, interesting book and I'll share this information with everyone to defend what should be told as the truth!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-17
Captivating and Stirring
A truly fantastic audiobook narrated by the author Bruce Pascoe. I think I put even more value to his words as he was the one reading them and emphasizing as he would normally in conversation. He made it a pleasure to listen to.
The numerous examples of indigenous peoples farming the land was so refreshing to hear. FINALLY the truth is coming forward and I look forward to our shared history being reframed.
Whilst I loved the book, the reality is I came to tears on a number of occasions. To hear through the writings of those first settlers who gave such little value to our ways, how blinkered they were to our intimate knowledge of the land and how they systematically destroyed every opportunity to allow our peoples the right to care for boodja (country) is absolutely heartbreaking. I must admit I feel agrieved. I am going to need some time to process my initial reaction so I can channel that energy into helping to make a difference.
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- Louise
- 26-11-18
Wow!
This should be compulsory reading for every child (& adult) in Australia.
Massive respect for our indigenous people! This is so wonderful to get this information out there. We need to be learning more from, and consulting with, our country’s traditional custodians.
Who knew.. and why weren’t we taught this during our school years?!
Well done Bruce Pascoe. I’m sharing this as much as I possibly can.
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