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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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Summary
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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- Michael
- 18-11-22
great listen
finally a listen which treats history as fact not mystery. will download other titles.
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- JubJub
- 19-03-24
everything
Absolutely brilliant, I'm really glad I listened to this book. It confirmed alot of what I suspected about Australia and its colonisation
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- Miss R P Clark
- 18-10-20
A must read listen and know
Wow! Thank you for looking, finding out and sharing all this information. I’m learning the truth about the world and this has to be up there on info to share in schools.
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- Andrew Connolly
- 12-12-18
Moving away from ingnorance
It was very refreshing hearing the accounts and modern science behind the way the aborigines farmed and cared for their land in ingenious and natural ways. Having travelled Australia and driving through the centre which looked very desolate this book offers a different perspective.
Perhaps the most shocking take away from this book is that Australia, before cattle, sheep and western agricultural practices became the norm, Australia was a lush country with some areas being compared to some of the UK's finest estates with lush vegetation and forest.
Let's hope modern scientific trials can continue and unlock the secrets the indigenous population already knew through their shared knowledge of how to look after and work with the land, to make it productive and healthy once more.
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- girl_in_norway
- 16-04-21
A Must Read!
Loved this book and was shocked by the content. The narrative that indigenous Australians were simple hunter-gatherers has got to be exposed more widely for the lie that it is. A must read for all non-indigenous Australians!
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- bob
- 30-03-21
a gift of knowledge from my Son
a must read, should that be hear? One of those titles that makes one think, deeply.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-03-20
life changing
I wept with this book. what we are doing to Mumma Earth is unforgivable. who the hell do we think we are. I've been reading this beautiful book whilst working in Australia and it's completely changed how I see this beautiful land and what's been done to it. the little people the world over need to rise again and save us before it's too late. the brutes have screwed it all up.
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- Michael Fraser
- 02-03-20
Eye opening and a must have
Paints an amazing picture, and all based on factual historical accounts. I will now view the landscape through another lens.
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- Niels C.
- 22-05-22
Essential listening for all UK and Aussie people
insightful and thorough. beautifully brings the untold history of Australian first nation peoples to light.
so many examples of civilisation and careful stewardship of a continent
a lesson to all who care for- or about the land?
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- Ross Bearman
- 04-05-21
Interesting overview
Fantastic and well written, made for an easy listen. Bruce presents unknown (to me) knowledge that made for an insightful and interesting book.
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