{"id":378,"date":"2023-07-02T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:10:14","slug":"sources-famous-book-dark-emu-is-historical-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/02\/sources-famous-book-dark-emu-is-historical-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Pascoe&#8217;s famous book &#8220;Dark Emu&#8221; is historical fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bruce Pascoe&#8217;s book &#8220;Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?&#8221; makes the case that the Aboriginal Australians and Torres Straits Islanders were not hunter gatherers as commonly believed, but sedentary agriculturalists, with sophisticated engineering, aquaculture, architectural, and botanical knowledge. However, scholarly scrutiny has proved that &#8220;Dark Emu&#8221; is historical fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These videos describe the academic background to Dark Emu, it\u2019s initial reception and rise to fame, the controversy over its accuracy, and its current reception in the scholarly community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2EH9eOMCGkw\" title=\"\">The rise &amp; fall of Bruce Pascoe\u2019s \u201cDark Emu\u201d #1 | initial praise for revision of Aboriginal history<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eJasiv8j2h8\" title=\"\">The rise &amp; fall of Bruce Pascoe\u2019s \u201cDark Emu\u201d #2 | history wars &amp; conservative backlash<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JtxkKIQ5OCE\" title=\"\">The rise &amp; fall of Bruce Pascoe\u2019s \u201cDark Emu\u201d #3 | scholarly criticism &amp; historical errors exposed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Dark Emu fabricates Aboriginal history #1\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cMsdaIN1LO4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Allam, Lorena. \u201cDark Emu\u2019s Infinite Potential: \u2018Our Kids Have Grown up in a Fog about the History of the Land.\u2019\u201d <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 23 May 2019, \u00a7 Books. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2019\/may\/24\/dark-emus-infinite-potential-our-kids-have-grown-up-in-a-fog-about-the-history-of-the-land\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2019\/may\/24\/dark-emus-infinite-potential-our-kids-have-grown-up-in-a-fog-about-the-history-of-the-land<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attwood, Bain. <em>Telling the Truth about Aboriginal History<\/em>. Crows Nest, N. S. W: Allen &amp; Unwin, 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behrendt, Larissa. \u201cIndigenous Australians Know We\u2019re the Oldest Living Culture \u2013 It\u2019s in Our Dreamtime | Larissa Behrendt.\u201d <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 22 September 2016, \u00a7 Opinion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/sep\/22\/indigenous-australians-know-were-the-oldest-living-culture-its-in-our-dreamtime\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/sep\/22\/indigenous-australians-know-were-the-oldest-living-culture-its-in-our-dreamtime<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beveridge, Peter. \u201cAboriginal Ovens.\u201d <em>Journal of the Anthropological Society of London<\/em> 7 (1869): clxxxvii\u2013clxxxix. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/3025359\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/3025359<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biki, Zeljko. <em>Grain and Feed Update<\/em>. Grain and Feed. United States Department of Agriculture, January 26, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boyce, James. \u201cTransforming the national imagination: The \u2018Dark Emu\u2019 debate.\u201d Text. <em>The Monthly<\/em>, 1 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themonthly.com.au\/issue\/2021\/july\/1625061600\/james-boyce\/transforming-national-imagination-dark-emu-debate\">https:\/\/www.themonthly.com.au\/issue\/2021\/july\/1625061600\/james-boyce\/transforming-national-imagination-dark-emu-debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradley, Kirsten. \u201cGood Book: Dark Emu &#8211; Rethinking Indigenous Australian Agriculture.\u201d <em>Milkwood: Permaculture Courses, Skills + Stories<\/em>, 24 September 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milkwood.net\/2015\/09\/25\/new-book-dark-emu-rethinking-indigenous-australian-agriculture\/\">https:\/\/www.milkwood.net\/2015\/09\/25\/new-book-dark-emu-rethinking-indigenous-australian-agriculture\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cawte, J. E., Nari Djagamara, and M. G. Barrett. \u201cThe Meaning of Subincision of the Urethra to Aboriginal Australians.\u201d <em>British Journal of Medical Psychology<\/em> 39.3 (1966): 245\u201353. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.2044-8341.1966.tb01334.x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.2044-8341.1966.tb01334.x<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaloupka, George. <em>Journey in Time: The World\u2019s Longest Continuing Art Tradition\u202f: The 50,000-Year Story of the Australian Aboriginal Rock Art of Arnhem Land<\/em>. Reed New Holland, 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins, David. <em>On Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from Its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801 &#8230; To Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand &#8230; and an Account of a Voyage &#8230; by Which the Existence of a Strait Separating Van Diemen\u2019s Land from the Continent of New Holland Was Ascertained<\/em>. London: Cadell, 1804.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connor, Michael. \u201cFabrication and Deception: A French View of \u2018Dark Emu.\u2019\u201d <em>Quadrant<\/em> 64.9 (84-87). <a href=\"https:\/\/quadrant.org.au\/magazine\/2020\/09\/fabrication-and-deception\/\">https:\/\/quadrant.org.au\/magazine\/2020\/09\/fabrication-and-deception\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cowlishaw, Gillian. \u201cMisreading Dark Emu.\u201d <em>Pearls and Irritations<\/em>, 14 August 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/misreading-dark-emu\/\">https:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/misreading-dark-emu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darmangeat, Christophe. \u201cVanished Wars of Australia: The Archeological Invisibility of Aboriginal Collective Conflicts.\u201d <em>Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory<\/em> (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10816-019-09418-w\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10816-019-09418-w<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hal.archives-ouvertes.fr\/hal-02165585\">https:\/\/hal.archives-ouvertes.fr\/hal-02165585<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis, Michael. \u201cDark Emu, Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident by Bruce Pascoe.\u201d <em>Aboriginal History<\/em> 38 (2014): 195\u201398.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cForensic Critique of Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu Presents a Different View.\u201d <em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, 22 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/books\/forensic-critique-of-bruce-pascoe-s-dark-emu-presents-a-different-view-20210719-p58ayt.html\">https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/books\/forensic-critique-of-bruce-pascoe-s-dark-emu-presents-a-different-view-20210719-p58ayt.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. Review of <em>Review of Dark Emu, Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident<\/em>, by Bruce Pascoe. <em>Aboriginal History<\/em> 38 (2014): 195\u201398.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis, Richard. \u201cBlack Agriculture, White Anger: Arguments over Aboriginal Land Use in Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu.\u201d <em>Borderlands<\/em> 1.1 (2020): 57\u201370.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cDark Emu\u2019s Critics.\u201d <em>Arena Quarterly<\/em> 7 (2021): 80\u201383.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cDark Emu\u2019s Critics \u2013 Arena.\u201d <em>Arena Magazine<\/em>, September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/arena.org.au\/dark-emus-critics\">https:\/\/arena.org.au\/dark-emus-critics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denham, Tim. \u201cTraditional Forms of Plant Exploitation in Australia and New Guinea: The Search for Common Ground.\u201d <em>Veget Hist Archaeobot<\/em> 17.2 (2008): 245\u201348. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00334-007-0105-y\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00334-007-0105-y<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennett, Bruce. \u201cBruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu: The Debates within the Debate.\u201d <em>Teaching History<\/em> 55.3 (2021): 6\u20139. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/INFORMIT.130797790668882\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/INFORMIT.130797790668882<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellen, Roy. \u201cModes of Subsistence: Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture and Pastoralism.\u201d <em>Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology<\/em>. Edited by Tim Ingold. Taylor &amp; Francis, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fensham, Roderick J. \u201cThe Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia.\u201d <em>Australian Geographer<\/em> 43.3 (2012): 325\u201327. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00049182.2012.706210\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00049182.2012.706210<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florek, Stan. \u201cBruce Pascoe and His Dark Emu.\u201d <em>The Australian Museum<\/em>, 21 February 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/australian.museum\/blog\/science\/bruce-pascoe-and-his-dark-emu\/australian.museum\/blog\/science\/bruce-pascoe-and-his-dark-emu\/\">https:\/\/australian.museum\/blog\/science\/bruce-pascoe-and-his-dark-emu\/australian.museum\/blog\/science\/bruce-pascoe-and-his-dark-emu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frankel, David, and Janine Major. <em>Victorian Aboriginal Life and Customs through Early European Eyes<\/em>. 1st ed. La Trobe eBureau, 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26826\/1004\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26826\/1004<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.latrobe.edu.au\/ebureau\/ebook.html#victorian\">https:\/\/library.latrobe.edu.au\/ebureau\/ebook.html#victorian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gammage, Bill. <em>The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia<\/em>. Allen &amp; Unwin, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cThe Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia.\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-biggest-estate-on-earth-how-aborigines-made-australia-3787\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-biggest-estate-on-earth-how-aborigines-made-australia-3787<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gardner, Peter. \u201cBruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu and the McMillan Photograph.\u201d <em>Victorian Historical Journal<\/em> 91.2 (n.d.): 383\u201395. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/informit.051719460649081\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/informit.051719460649081<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerritsen, Rupert. <em>Australia and the Origins of Agriculture<\/em>. Archaeopress, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cEvidence for Indigenous Australian Agriculture\u201d (2010): 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilligan, Ian. \u201cAgriculture in Aboriginal Australia: Why Not?\u201d <em>Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association<\/em> 30 (2010): 145\u201356. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7152\/bippa.v30i0.9978\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7152\/bippa.v30i0.9978<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gorecki, P., M. Grant, S. O\u2019Connor, and P. Veth. \u201cThe Morphology, Function and Antiquity of Australian Grinding Implements.\u201d <em>Archaeology in Oceania<\/em> 32.2 (1997): 141\u201350.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gott, Beth. \u201cEcology of Root Use by the Aborigines of Southern Australia.\u201d <em>Archaeology in Oceania<\/em> 17.1 (1982): 59\u201367.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griffiths, Billy, and Lynette Russell. \u201cWhat We Were Told: Responses to 65,000 Years of Aboriginal History.\u201d <em>Aboriginal History<\/em> 42 (2018): 31\u201354.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griffiths, Tom. \u201cReading Bruce Pascoe | Tom Griffiths.\u201d <em>Inside Story<\/em>, 26 November 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidestory.org.au\/reading-bruce-pascoe\/\">https:\/\/insidestory.org.au\/reading-bruce-pascoe\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hankins, Don L. Review of <em>Review of The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia<\/em>, by Bill Gammage. <em>Environmental History<\/em> 17.3 (2012): 653\u201355.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardaker, David. \u201cBruce Pascoe Has Become Too Big to Fail \u2014 and Impossible to Question.\u201d <em>Crikey<\/em>, 13 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2021\/07\/13\/bruce-pascoe-has-become-too-big-to-fail-almost-impossible-to-question\/\">https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2021\/07\/13\/bruce-pascoe-has-become-too-big-to-fail-almost-impossible-to-question\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cWhy Trust an Expert? Bruce Pascoe v the Establishment.\u201d <em>Crikey<\/em>, 13 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2021\/07\/14\/why-trust-an-expert-bruce-pascoe-v-the-establishment\/\">https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2021\/07\/14\/why-trust-an-expert-bruce-pascoe-v-the-establishment\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hirst, Martin. \u201cHow \u2018Dark Emu\u2019 Upset the Right-Wing Media.\u201d <em>Independent Australia<\/em>, 24 January 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/independentaustralia.net\/australia\/australia-display\/how-dark-emu-upset-the-right-wing-media,13523\">https:\/\/independentaustralia.net\/australia\/australia-display\/how-dark-emu-upset-the-right-wing-media,13523<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes-d\u2019Aeth, Tony. \u201cFriday Essay: Dark Emu and the Blindness of Australian Agriculture.\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, 14 June 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/friday-essay-dark-emu-and-the-blindness-of-australian-agriculture-97444\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/friday-essay-dark-emu-and-the-blindness-of-australian-agriculture-97444<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johansen, Chris. \u201cBook Review: Dark Emu. Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident by Bruce Pascoe.\u201d <em>Australian Greens<\/em>, 18 August 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/greens.org.au\/magazine\/book-review-dark-emu-black-seeds-agriculture-or-accident-bruce-pascoe\">https:\/\/greens.org.au\/magazine\/book-review-dark-emu-black-seeds-agriculture-or-accident-bruce-pascoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones, Adrian, and Jo Clyne. \u201cIs Dark Emu Good History? Helping Students Investigate a Controversial Book on Australian Aboriginal History in the Classroom.\u201d <em>Agora<\/em> 56.3 (2021): 68\u201369.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keen, Ian. \u201cForagers or Farmers: Dark Emu and the Controversy over Aboriginal Agriculture.\u201d <em>Anthropological Forum<\/em> 31.1 (2021): 106\u201328. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00664677.2020.1861538\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00664677.2020.1861538<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerkhove, Ray. \u201cBruce Pascoe, Dark Emu Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? Broome: Magabala Books, 2014, ISBN 9 7819 2214 2436, 174 Pp., A$35.\u201d <em>Queensland Review<\/em> 24 (2017): 170\u201371. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/qre.2017.23\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/qre.2017.23<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law, W Boone, Dawn N Cropper, and Fiona Petchey. \u201cDjadjiling Rockshelter: 35,000 14C Years of Aboriginal Occupation in the Pilbara, Western Australia.\u201d <em>Australian Archaeology<\/em> 70 (2010): 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lefroy, Ted. \u201cEnvironmental Baselines and the Myth of Lost Eden \u2013 Moffitts Farm.\u201d <em>Moffitts Farm<\/em>, 18 November 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moffittsfarm.com.au\/2020\/11\/18\/environmental-baselines-and-the-myth-of-lost-eden\/\">https:\/\/www.moffittsfarm.com.au\/2020\/11\/18\/environmental-baselines-and-the-myth-of-lost-eden\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019Estrange, Sara. \u201cArts News \u2014 Federal Politicians Tasked with Reading Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu.\u201d Sound. <em>ABC Radio National<\/em>. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 23 September 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/the-book-show\/arts-news-september-23\/11532318\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/the-book-show\/arts-news-september-23\/11532318<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis, Robert. <em>Is Dark Emu Good History?: Helping Students Investigate a Controversial Book on Australian Aboriginal History in the Classroom<\/em>. Eagle Resources, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lourandos, Harry. \u201cReview of Australia and the Origins of Agriculture by Rupert Gerritsen | Australian Archaeological Association.\u201d <em>Australian Archaeological Association<\/em>, 31 May 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au\/journal-contents\/review-of-australia-and-the-origins-of-agriculture-by-rupert-gerritsen\/\">https:\/\/australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au\/journal-contents\/review-of-australia-and-the-origins-of-agriculture-by-rupert-gerritsen\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucas, Adam. <em>Wind, Water, Work: Ancient And Medieval Milling Technology<\/em>. BRILL, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macintyre, Stuart. \u201cThe History Wars.\u201d <em>The Sydney Papers<\/em> 15.3 and 4 (2003): 76\u201383. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/agispt.20040992\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/agispt.20040992<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macphail, Michael, and Timothy Owen. \u201cWhat Was Growing along the Tank Stream Valley, Sydney Cove, in 1788?\u201d <em>Australasian Historical Archaeology<\/em> 36 (2018): 16\u201328.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marks, Russell. \u201cTaking sides over \u2018Dark Emu.\u2019\u201d Text. <em>The Monthly<\/em>, 5 February 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themonthly.com.au\/blog\/russell-marks\/2020\/05\/2020\/1580868886\/taking-sides-over-dark-emu\">https:\/\/www.themonthly.com.au\/blog\/russell-marks\/2020\/05\/2020\/1580868886\/taking-sides-over-dark-emu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McDonald, Jo. \u201cArchaeology, Deep History and the Culture Wars: Why Most Archaeologists Have Not Critiqued Dark Emu.\u201d <em>Australian Archaeology<\/em> 87.3 (2021): 313\u201315. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1991432\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1991432<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McDonald, Josephine J, and Peter M Veth. \u201cPleistocene Rock Art: A Colonizing Repertoire for Australia\u2019s Earliest Inhabitants\u201d (2010). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13140\/2.1.1776.7360\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13140\/2.1.1776.7360<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rgdoi.net\/10.13140\/2.1.1776.7360\">http:\/\/rgdoi.net\/10.13140\/2.1.1776.7360<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McIntyre, Sue. Review of <em>Review of The Biggest Estate on Earth<\/em>, by Bill Gammage. <em>Aboriginal History<\/em> 36 (2012): 185\u201387.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McKenna, Mark. \u201cBruce Pascoe Has Welcomed the Dark Emu Debate \u2013 and so Should Australia | Mark McKenna.\u201d <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 25 June 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/jun\/25\/bruce-pascoe-has-welcomed-the-dark-emu-debate-and-so-should-australia\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/jun\/25\/bruce-pascoe-has-welcomed-the-dark-emu-debate-and-so-should-australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNiven, Ian J. \u201cBandwagons and Bathwater.\u201d <em>Australian Archaeology<\/em> 87.3 (2021): 316\u201317. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1991436\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1991436<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cFarmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate.\u201d <em>Australian Historical Studies<\/em> 52.4 (2021): 641\u201344. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1031461X.2021.1969748\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1031461X.2021.1969748<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morton, Rick. \u201cBolt, Pascoe and the Culture Wars | The Saturday Paper.\u201d <em>The Saturday Paper<\/em>, 30 December 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/12ft.io\/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesaturdaypaper.com.au%2Fnews%2Fmedia%2F2019%2F11%2F30%2Fbolt-pascoe-and-the-culture-wars%2F15750324009163%23hrd\">https:\/\/12ft.io\/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesaturdaypaper.com.au%2Fnews%2Fmedia%2F2019%2F11%2F30%2Fbolt-pascoe-and-the-culture-wars%2F15750324009163%23hrd<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muecke, Stephen. \u201cWhitefella Magic: A Posthumanist Take on the Dark Emu Debate.\u201d <em>Overland<\/em> (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/researchnow.flinders.edu.au\/en\/publications\/whitefella-magic-a-posthumanist-take-on-the-dark-emu-debate\">https:\/\/researchnow.flinders.edu.au\/en\/publications\/whitefella-magic-a-posthumanist-take-on-the-dark-emu-debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neale, Timothy. \u201cThe Biggest Estate on Earth [Book Review].\u201d <em>Arena<\/em> 116 (2012): 51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholls, Christine Judith. \u201cBook Review: Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate Rigorously Critiques Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Argument.\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, 13 June 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/book-review-farmers-or-hunter-gatherers-the-dark-emu-debate-rigorously-critiques-bruce-pascoes-argument-161877\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/book-review-farmers-or-hunter-gatherers-the-dark-emu-debate-rigorously-critiques-bruce-pascoes-argument-161877<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman, Heidi. \u201cHow the Dark Emu Debate Limits Representation of Aboriginal People in Australia.\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, 8 July 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-the-dark-emu-debate-limits-representation-of-aboriginal-people-in-australia-163006\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-the-dark-emu-debate-limits-representation-of-aboriginal-people-in-australia-163006<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Brien, Peter. <em>Bitter Harvest: The Illusion of Aboriginal Agriculture in Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu.<\/em>, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cIt\u2019s Hard Not to Say \u2018We Told You So\u2019 \u2013 Quadrant Online.\u201d <em>Quadrant Online<\/em>, 31 June 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/quadrant.org.au\/opinion\/bennelong-papers\/2021\/06\/now-just-maybe-theyll-clean-up-those-emu-droppings\/\">https:\/\/quadrant.org.au\/opinion\/bennelong-papers\/2021\/06\/now-just-maybe-theyll-clean-up-those-emu-droppings\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pascoe, Bruce. \u201cBruce Pascoe on the Reception to \u2018Dark Emu\u2019 | Books+Publishing.\u201d <em>Books+Publishing<\/em>, 29 May 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/articles\/2019\/05\/29\/133984\/bruce-pascoe-on-the-reception-to-dark-emu\/\">https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/articles\/2019\/05\/29\/133984\/bruce-pascoe-on-the-reception-to-dark-emu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cCall for Conversation Not Screaming Match about Aboriginal History.\u201d <em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, 10 September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/call-for-conversation-not-screaming-match-about-aboriginal-history-20210908-p58pvi.html\">https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/call-for-conversation-not-screaming-match-about-aboriginal-history-20210908-p58pvi.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cDark Emu.\u201d <em>New South Books<\/em>, June 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsouthbooks.com.au\/books\/dark-emu-new-edition\/\">https:\/\/www.newsouthbooks.com.au\/books\/dark-emu-new-edition\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cDark Emu: A Fresh Insight into Aboriginal Landuse in Australia.\u201d <em>Geography Bulletin<\/em> 49.2 (n.d.): 15\u201316. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/informit.008992483153173\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3316\/informit.008992483153173<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. <em>Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture<\/em>. Scribe Publications, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. <em>Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?<\/em> Broome, Western Australia: Magabala Books, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cDecolonising Agriculture: Bruce Pascoe\u2019s \u2018Dark Emu.\u2019\u201d <em>Foreground<\/em>, 1 November 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreground.com.au\/culture\/decolonising-agriculture-bruce-pascoes-dark-emu\/\">https:\/\/www.foreground.com.au\/culture\/decolonising-agriculture-bruce-pascoes-dark-emu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cThe Grain Growers of Australia.\u201d Pages 163\u201370 in <em>Long History, Deep Time<\/em>. Edited by Mary Anne Jebb and McGrath. ACT, Australia: Australian National University Press, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. <em>Young Dark Emu: A Truer History<\/em>, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pearson, Luke. \u201cWhat Is a \u2018Continuous Culture\u2019&#8230; and Are Aboriginal Cultures the Oldest?\u201d <em>SBS<\/em>, 21 December 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/nitv\/article\/2016\/12\/21\/what-continuous-culture-and-are-aboriginal-cultures-oldest\">https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/nitv\/article\/2016\/12\/21\/what-continuous-culture-and-are-aboriginal-cultures-oldest<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Porr, Martin, and Ella Vivian-Williams. \u201cThe Tragedy of Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu.\u201d <em>Australian Archaeology<\/em> 87.3 (2021): 300\u2013304. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1991378\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1991378<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powell, Abram. \u201cLive at the AM: HumanNature 2018 &#8211; Bruce Pascoe.\u201d <em>The Australian Museum<\/em>, 7 January 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/australian.museum\/blog\/at-the-museum\/human-nature-bruce-pascoe\/australian.museum\/blog\/at-the-museum\/human-nature-bruce-pascoe\/\">https:\/\/australian.museum\/blog\/at-the-museum\/human-nature-bruce-pascoe\/australian.museum\/blog\/at-the-museum\/human-nature-bruce-pascoe\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rice, Deborah. \u201cBruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu Wins NSW Premier\u2019s Literary Prize.\u201d <em>ABC News<\/em>, 16 May 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-05-16\/bruce-pascoes-dark-emu-wins-nsw-premiers-literary-prize\/7419002\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-05-16\/bruce-pascoes-dark-emu-wins-nsw-premiers-literary-prize\/7419002<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rintoul, Stuart. \u201cDebunking Dark Emu: Did the Publishing Phenomenon Get It Wrong?\u201d <em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, 12 June 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/debunking-dark-emu-did-the-publishing-phenomenon-get-it-wrong-20210507-p57pyl.html\">https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/debunking-dark-emu-did-the-publishing-phenomenon-get-it-wrong-20210507-p57pyl.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rundle, Guy. \u201cIn Defence of Bruce Pascoe.\u201d <em>Crikey<\/em>, 15 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2021\/07\/16\/in-defence-of-bruce-pascoe\/\">https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2021\/07\/16\/in-defence-of-bruce-pascoe\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stanner, W. E. H. \u201cAfter the Dreaming (1968).\u201d <em>White Man Got No Dreaming: Essays, 1938-1973<\/em>. Canberra; Norwalk, Conn.; Norwalk, Conn.: Australian National University Press\u202f; [Distributed by] Books Australia, 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sutton, Peter, and Keryn Walshe. <em>Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers?: The Dark Emu Debate<\/em>. Melbourne University Press Digital, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor, Tony. \u201cAustralia\u2019s \u2018history Wars\u2019 Reignite.\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, 31 March 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/australias-history-wars-reignite-57065\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/australias-history-wars-reignite-57065<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trembath, Richard. \u201cThree Cheers for Hunter-Gatherers.\u201d <em>Australian Policy and History Network<\/em>, 7 May 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/aph.org.au\/2020\/05\/three-cheers-for-hunter-gatherers\/\">https:\/\/aph.org.au\/2020\/05\/three-cheers-for-hunter-gatherers\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ucko, Peter John, and G. W. Dimbleby, eds. <em>The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals<\/em>. Transaction Publishers, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veth, Peter. \u201cFarmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate.\u201d <em>Australian Archaeology<\/em> 87.3 (2021): 333\u201335. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1971373\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03122417.2021.1971373<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WHISPERINGGUMS. \u201cBruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? (Review).\u201d <em>Whispering Gums<\/em>, 28 October 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/whisperinggums.com\/2016\/10\/28\/bruce-pascoe-dark-emu-black-seeds-agriculture-or-accident-review\/\">https:\/\/whisperinggums.com\/2016\/10\/28\/bruce-pascoe-dark-emu-black-seeds-agriculture-or-accident-review\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Willis, Jon. \u201cHeteronormativity and the Deflection of Male Same-Sex Attraction among the Pitjantjatjara People of Australia\u2019s Western Desert.\u201d <em>Culture, Health &amp; Sexuality<\/em> 5.2 (2003): 137\u201351. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/136910501181921\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/136910501181921<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbout Aquaculture,\u201d 26 April 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpi.nsw.gov.au\/fishing\/aquaculture\/about-aquaculture\">https:\/\/www.dpi.nsw.gov.au\/fishing\/aquaculture\/about-aquaculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Answer the Question\u2019: Education Minister Admits Dark Emu Should Be Removed from Schools.\u201d <em>2GB<\/em>, 8 September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2gb.com\/education-minister-refuses-to-support-offensive-anzac-day-teachings\/\">https:\/\/www.2gb.com\/education-minister-refuses-to-support-offensive-anzac-day-teachings\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBruce Pascoe and His Book \u2018Dark Emu\u2019 Is False News Folks.\u201d <em>Cairns News<\/em>, 16 June 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/cairnsnews.org\/2019\/06\/16\/bruce-pascoe-and-his-book-dark-emu-is-false-news-folks\/\">https:\/\/cairnsnews.org\/2019\/06\/16\/bruce-pascoe-and-his-book-dark-emu-is-false-news-folks\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDARK EMU.\u201d <em>Bangarra<\/em>, 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangarra.com.au\/productions\/darkemu-2018\/\">https:\/\/www.bangarra.com.au\/productions\/darkemu-2018\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat the Media Are Saying about Dark Emu Exposed.\u201d <em>Dark Emu Exposed &#8211; The Myth of Aboriginal Agriculture?<\/em>, 12 February 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dark-emu-exposed.org\/home\/2016\/1\/30\/room-to-work-ye2nx-f46ey-tztjf-sk7wj\">https:\/\/www.dark-emu-exposed.org\/home\/2016\/1\/30\/room-to-work-ye2nx-f46ey-tztjf-sk7wj<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYoung Dark Emu.\u201d <em>Reading Australia<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/readingaustralia.com.au\/lesson\/young-dark-emu\/\">https:\/\/readingaustralia.com.au\/lesson\/young-dark-emu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Pascoe&#8217;s book &#8220;Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?&#8221; makes the case that the Aboriginal Australians and Torres Straits Islanders were not hunter gatherers as commonly believed, but sedentary agriculturalists, with sophisticated engineering, aquaculture, architectural, and botanical knowledge. 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