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I didn’t get to discuss the agricultural breeding concepts that I’d originally hoped for, but I hope you learnt something about firestick farming and the importance of validating your sources.

That being said, I strongly encourage you to read and engage in discussions around First Nations Australian history. Make sure you always seek both sides of the story (or in the more realistic case, two opposing sides plus a lot of in-between arguments), scrutinise the validity of your sources, and keep an open mind. Both novels discussed are available through the university library and our public library systems, Libraries SA.

Although I’m not likely to be diving into the in-depth breakdown of Dark Emu by reading Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate anytime soon (no hate, but I’m only just emerging from my steadfast fiction reading phase), I’ll be keeping an open ear to the discussion in the future.

Boyce, J (2021), Transforming the national imagination: The ‘Dark Emu’ debate, The Monthly. Hughes-d’Aeth, T. (2018). Friday essay: Dark Emu and the blindness of Australian agriculture. The Conversation. Pascoe, B (2014) Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?, Magabala Books, Broome. Sky News Australia (2021). ‘No evidence’ to support Bruce Pascoe’s ‘Dark Emu’: Warren Mundine. YouTube.

Wikipedia (2023). Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers?

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