Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers?: The Dark Emu Debate

by Keryn Walshe and Peter Sutton

Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians had been led to believe because it resembled more closely the farming communities of Europe. In Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe ask why Australians have been so receptive to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522877850
• ISBN13: 9780522877854
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"