Innocent transcription errors or wilful attempts to slant the narrative? Read our review and critique and you decide!
All in Grain Harvesting
Aboriginal Grain Farmers? - Well Maybe Not
No truly agricultural society can be based on native grain species that grow abundantly in wet years, but will not grow in dry years. Settled, Aboriginal ‘farmer’ societies would not have survived Australia’s ruthless swings from droughts to floods.
Mr Pascoe is Full-Steam Ahead - No Stooking Here!
Innocent transcription errors or wilful attempts to slant the narrative? Read our review and critique and you decide!
Fact Checking of Mr Pascoe's Grain Stores
Is Mr Pascoe describing a real Aboriginal grain store or constructing a hypothetical, idealised one?
Mr Pascoe's Imaginary Aboriginal Irrigation Schemes
The few, recorded Aboriginal dams were constructed to conserve flood waters for drinking water, not to irrigate crops.