Dark Emu Mind and Spirit 2014 SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK

2014 SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS

The highly original artwork of Debbie Coombes in a vibrant Tiwi style

Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history

She is the mother spirit and creator of Nyoongar Country in the south west of Western Australia

helps Calypso to reconsider his Rastafarian façade and understand how to take charge of his future

Dark Emu Mind and Spirit 2014 SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOKWINNER 2016 Indigenous Writer's Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards WINNER 2016 Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards SHORTLISTED 2014 History Book Award in the Queensland Literary Awards SHORTLISTED 2014 Victorian Premier's Award for Indigenous Writing Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter gatherer' tag for pre colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify