A review by wanderinggoy
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture by Bruce Pascoe

3.0

I read this book after laying aside Bill Gammage’s ‘The Biggest Estate On Earth’, as the latter was too detailed for me to keep on reading. It’s just what I was hoping for: over the course of a weekend, I’ve learned a lot about Aboriginal (agri)culture. The author is not a scholar, however. Some of the scientific plant names are incorrect, and I don’t know how reputable some of his sources are. His reference to Gavin Menzies, for instance, made me raise several eyebrows (I have more than one). Recommended? Yes, but proceed with caution.