The Resource Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture, Bruce Pascoe
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture, Bruce Pascoe
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The item Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture, Bruce Pascoe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture, Bruce Pascoe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- 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. 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- 277 pages
- Note
- Previous edition published in 2014
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Fire
- 6.
- The heavens, language, and the law
- 7.
- An Australian agricultural revolution
- 8.
- Accepting history and creating the future
- 1.
- Agriculture
- 2.
- Aquaculture
- 3.
- Population and housing
- 4.
- Storage and preservation
- Isbn
- 9781921248016
- Label
- Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
- Title
- Dark emu
- Title remainder
- Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
- Statement of responsibility
- Bruce Pascoe
- Language
- eng
- 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. 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
- Awards note
-
- Book of the year, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2016.
- Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2016.
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pascoe, Bruce
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Land use, Rural
- Hunting and gathering societies
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture, Bruce Pascoe
- Note
- Previous edition published in 2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Fire
- 6.
- The heavens, language, and the law
- 7.
- An Australian agricultural revolution
- 8.
- Accepting history and creating the future
- 1.
- Agriculture
- 2.
- Aquaculture
- 3.
- Population and housing
- 4.
- Storage and preservation
- Control code
- p2251498618
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- 277 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781921248016
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture, Bruce Pascoe
- Note
- Previous edition published in 2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Fire
- 6.
- The heavens, language, and the law
- 7.
- An Australian agricultural revolution
- 8.
- Accepting history and creating the future
- 1.
- Agriculture
- 2.
- Aquaculture
- 3.
- Population and housing
- 4.
- Storage and preservation
- Control code
- p2251498618
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- 277 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781921248016
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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