Young dark emu : a truer history / Bruce Pascoe.
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Wundowie | J305.89915 PAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111077418703 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- One - The land grab -- Two - Agriculture -- Three - Aquaculture -- Four - Home -- Five - Food storage -- Six - Fire -- Sacred places -- Sustainable futures -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index -- About the author.
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. 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. 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. Young Dark Emu - A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia's history pre-European colonisation.
10+ years.
Indie Book Award - Children's - Longlist, 2020.
Indie Book Award - Children's - Shortlist, 2020.
Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Books, Eve Pownall Award for information books 2020.
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