Investigating ' Dark Emu's' idea of Aboriginal agriculture and villages.
Bruce Pascoe's book Dark Emu is in the news with a book disputing Pascoe's arguments. Dark Emu builds on an earlier book by Rupert Gerritsen, who argued a number of regions across Australia should be considered regions of Aboriginal agriculture. Were first Australians farmers, or hunter gatherers? Or a bit of both? It is not as simple as that. Read about the extraordinary landscape of the Channel Country. A little more background to your next trip to the area, to make your trip more than just a long drive.
- Michael WestawayAustralian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
- Joshua GorringeGeneral Manager Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
Disclosure statement
Michael Westaway receives funding from the Australian Research Council.
Joshua Gorringe works for Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) a registered native title body corporate. MAC has received funding from the QLD state government through the Looking after Country grant scheme to fund field research and conservation
Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu's idea of Aboriginal 'agriculture' and villages (theconversation.com)
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
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