![]() ![]() ![]() It also makes us question our modern agriculture practices and attitude to the environment. Heavily relying on diary entries of settlers from the time, both books are a catalyst for a revisionist discussion of the way we view our history. Young Dark Emu: A Truer History, published this year, also by Magabala Books, is a children’s version of Dark Emu accompanied by photographs and drawings.ĭark Emu was shortlisted for the History Book Award in the 2014 Queensland Literary Awards, the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing, was the winner of the Book of the Year in the 2016 in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the winner of the Indigenous Writer’s Prize in the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Dark Emu, first published in 2014 by Magabala Books, turns all this around by prosecuting a persuasive case, backed by research and evidence, that Indigenous Australians farmed their land, lived in villages, built permanent houses, harvested cereals and built complex aquaculture systems. ![]()
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