Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? is a 2014 non-fiction book by Bruce Pascoe. It re-examines colonial accounts of Aboriginal people in Australia , and cites evidence of pre …

Jan 1, 2014 · ‘Dark Emu’ is Bruce Pascoe’s impassioned plea for further research into the history of Australia’s indigenous people pre-colonisation and closer analysis of evidence that would …

Jul 17, 2023 · The book Dark Emu ignited a culture war that became extremely personal, with questions raised over Pascoe's Indigenous heritage. The pressure contributed to his …

Jul 8, 2021 · The characterisation of Aboriginal worlds at 1788 is the central debate between Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu and Peter Sutton and Kerryn Walshe’s Farmers or Hunter-gatherers.

Jun 12, 2021 · In 2014, Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu revolutionised interpretations of Indigenous history, arguing that Aboriginal people engaged in agriculture, irrigation and construction prior …

Jan 1, 2014 · What is Dark Emu about? Dark Emu challenges the notion that pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians were solely hunter-gatherers. Author Bruce Pascoe argues that they …

Jun 1, 2018 · Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across …

‘Dark Emu injects a profound authenticity into the conversation about how we Australians understand our continent ... [It is] essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what …