Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe.
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe.
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe.
About this item
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Strawberry Hills, NSW : Read How You Want, [2019].
Date
2018.
Call Numbers
LP/305.8/PAS , G 2021/4459
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 311 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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.
Publication information
Publisher
Strawberry Hills, NSW : Read How You Want, [2019].
Edition
EasyRead large edition.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
[2019].
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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 manag...
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Full title
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Set in 16 point Verdana.
Copyright page from the original book.
Optimized reading formats.
First published 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Awards
Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Award Book of the Year.
Winner, New South Wales Indigenous Writer's Prize, 2016.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
LP/305.8/PAS , G 2021/4459
Record Identifier
74VKVe0m0BrA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVe0m0BrA
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780369301291
DDC
305.8
MMS ID
991024257339602626
