There is abundant, authenticated evidence of the Aboriginal Hunter-Gatherer society. But you may need to put on your ‘Rose-Coloured-Glasses’ to find the “evidence” of Mr Pascoe’s Aboriginal Agriculture!
Other Historians and Anthropologists Agree - Aboriginal Society was a Hunter Gatherer Society
No other academic seems to agree with Mr Pascoe’s Theory
Where are the Coconuts?
Why weren’t there any coconut plantations in Aboriginal Australia?
We Respond to a Reader's Comments on our Critique of Mr Pascoe's Dark Emu.
The Six Main Centres of Pre-historic Agricultural Society - And the Australian Continent Wasn’t One of Them
Tommy McRae - The Aboriginal Source
Don’t trust the Imperial British Version of our history? Let’s see what a contemporary Aboriginal had to say.
The Gerritsen-Pascoe Theory of Aboriginal Agriculture - a Scholarly Rebuttal
This is not “domesticated yam farming with sowing, cultivation, irrigation and crop protection”, but instead is traditional foraging and gathering.
Why No Agriculture? Maybe it was due to Aboriginal Fundamentalism?
Did Aboriginal Blasphemy Laws Snuff Out Any Agricultural Advances by Aboriginal Women?
No Domesticated Plants or Animals? Then No Agriculture or Husbandry
Despite opportunities to adopt an agrarian lifestyle, Aborigines chose to remain as Hunter Gatherers. This is neither right nor wrong, but was their own social and economic choice. Their agency should not be up for re-appropriation.
Whose Theory Do We Believe? - Mr Bruce Pascoe's or Mr Jared Diamond's?
The New Dark Emu : “Pascoe puts forward a compelling argument for the understanding that pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians were on a trajectory from their hunter-gatherer existence towards food production and agriculture within the next 3000 years. The evidence shows that the first beginnings of an agricultural way of life were starting in isolated parts of the continent. It is the story of mankind and a story that we will all admire and find fascinating as Australians."
Aborigines relied upon Mythology, not Agronomy, for the maintenance of their food supply
Aborigines relied on “Increase” Centres and Ceremonies and Rituals to ensure a food supply for everyone. They did not use human intervention in the form of Agriculture to create a food supply.
The Daily Grind - A Day in the Life of an Aboriginal Woman Baker
Aboriginal communities own some 30% of Australia’s land mass, much of it encompassing Mr Pascoe’s Aboriginal Grain Belt - Why can’t I buy a decent Aboriginal Seed Cake, Mr Pascoe?
Chairman Pascoe’s Great Leap Forward - Do What I Say, Not What I Do
Rather it is a case of Chairman Pascoe’s Great Leap back to the Past with his Australian Agricultural Revolution!
Emeritus Professor David Frankel, archaeologist from La Trobe University, supports Mr Pascoe's Theory - or does he?
Mr Pascoe favourably cites the work of Professor Frankel, but does Frankel’s work support Pascoe’s Aboriginal Agriculture Theory? We would suggest not!
Don't just accept our Critique of Mr Pascoe's Dark Emu - There is a Bitter Harvest as well
Bitter Harvest, a book by Peter O’Brien, provides an independent critique of Pascoe’s Dark Emu.
Please Ms Sales, Interview Bruce Pascoe to Clear Up the Uncertainties
It is not the Australian community who are insisting that Mr Pascoe prove his Aboriginal ancestry – it is in fact, Mr Pascoe who is insisting that the Australian community accept his Aboriginal ancestry, so the burden of proof falls to the initiator, Mr Pascoe, to clear up any concerns regarding his alleged ancestry.
Mr Pascoe's Main Reference Source Bombs
Explosive new revelations about who supplied the basis of Dark Emu
Professor Marcia Langton - Why Do You Want to Create Divisions Within Australia?
Quiet Australians use Science to Support their Arguments, not Vitriolic Make-believe.
A Literary 'Ménage à trois'?
In a world of Fakenews, to maintain the faith of the general public, academics, writers and journalists need to be seen to be avoiding Conflicts of Interest in the work they publish, or at least making Declarations of Interest where appropriate.
Does Professor Tom Griffiths Have a Conflict of Interest in Reviewing Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu?
To maintain the faith of the public, Academia needs to hold and maintain high ethical standards.