Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

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Dark Emu Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture by Bruce Pascoe Magabala Books, 2018, ISBN 9781921248016, black and white photographs in text, paperback Very Good Condit ion, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, stickers to inside front cover and front cover, no inscriptions, un-creased spine (see photographs) “Pascoe puts forward a compelling argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gather label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing – behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag.” Show more