Bruce uses the diaries of early explorers and colonists to show us the Australia where Aboriginal people built houses, dams and wells and farmed the land. 'Adapted for a younger readership from Pascoe's best-selling Dark Emu, this exquisitely illustrated picture book will transform how we see Australian history. Dark Emu shifted the gaze, pointing to peaceful towns and well-tended land devastated by European aggression and cattle grazing. Young Dark Emu - A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia's history pre-European colonisation. 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. 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. The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoe's multi award-winning book.īruce 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. *Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2020: Children's* *Shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)* Sutton is a highly respected anthropologist and his earlier work on Aboriginal Australia, The Politics of Suffering, is a classic. *Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature* While acknowledging the positive contributions Dark Emu makes to creating greater interest in understanding Indigenous cultures, this book offers a different, persuasively argued perspective. *Winner of the Booksellers' Choice 2020 Children's Book of the Year Award* *Winner of the CBCA 2020 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books*

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