Young Dark Emu – A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia’s history pre-European colonisation. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived – a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. The Dark Emu Debate Peter Sutton, Keryn Walshe 4. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. 6387449 Book text, still image, volume, Online - Google Books Pascoe, Bruce, 1947- author Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2014 2014 173 pages. Bill Gammage, Bruce Pascoe, Margo Neale (Editor) 4.35 avg rating 108 ratings published 2021 2 editions. 6:53AM JComments In its rush to be part of the Kingdom of Wokeness, Australian academia and media have discovered, like the Hans Christian Andersen folktale, their King Bruce has no clothes. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Dark Emu author Bruce Pascoe at the Ballawinne festival in Cygnet, Tasmania.
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