Dark Emu

Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?

By: Bruce Pascoe

Narrated by: Bruce Pascoe

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.

©2014 Bruce Pascoe (P)2017 Bolinda audio

One of the best books ever!!!!

Worth every penny and more!!! Thank you so much for this amazing and precious work - I wish I had all your resources to read now!!

Fascinating book on Australia’s deep history

Well-written book on aboriginal practices (agriculture, fishing, housing, artistic, etc) and evidence for the timeline of these. Their ingenuity and longevity are surprising and very interesting. The context of the book is contrasting what is now known about their culture, technology and achievements against the devastating lies spread through Australian schools and culture, an interesting if painful story in itself.

Wonderful

Fantastic book. I’d love it if he wrote more as his voice is quite nice to listen to as well as the obvious importance of his words.

Fascinating!

A nicely balanced and rational discussion of Australian Aboriginal history and how to incorporate and include indigenous culture and sustainable practices into modern society. History is most ugly when colonial thinking is maintained into current times. I appreciate the perspective and education I gained by listening to this book.

An important look at the true agricultural and land management of Aboriginal Australia

I learned a great deal about the miscategorization of Aboriginals as mere hunter-gatherers. In fact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had developed sophisticated and appropriate land and agricultural management practices. Pascoe has persuaded me to delve further into the pre-colonization history of Aboriginal Australia and provided me with an excellent bibliography of primary and secondary sources to pursue.