Foxy,

"mere hunter-gatherers" - that's going to come back to bite you . :)

"mere" ? Many thousands of years of skills and accumulated knowledge are involved in "mere hunter-gathering".

And surely you're not pushing the notion that Aboriginal people were NOT hunter-gatherers at all ? Not "mere hunter-gatherers" at all ?

Joe

Joe,

I see no point in arguing with you. You do
a fine job of proving your complete ignorance
on your own.

I could explain it to you. But I can't
understand it for you.

So there's no point.

@Foxy,

I have read Dark Emu which is why I know it is faction. Entertaining certainly but historically relevant no. Archaeologically relevant, no. Anthropologically relevant, no.

And after years as a manuscript editor and book reviewer I am well aware that winning prizes does not make a book worth reading or good writing.

@Paul Thomas,

I responded to your initial comment. And no, I am not someone old made new again.

Is there some way that one can post a reply to a comment or does it always end up at the bottom of the list? I am new to this site so I do not know how it works.

robroy,

I don't believe you.

Had you really read "Dark Emu," and did what you
claim to have done you would appreciate the
fact that the book is packed with quotes and
references from original sources that collectively
challenges the narrative of the Aboriginal people
as nomadic hunters.

Pascoe's sources are the journals of notable
explorers, surveyors, pastoralists and protectors.
He quotes them verbatim.

You're entitled to your opinion.
I'm entitled to disagree with it.

robroy, I will take you at your word, The discussion is started by the first to post with a heading and the first comment, approved by the administrator of the site. All that follows is in a time of posting sequence. In this case I started the discussion. My nick is Paul1405, you can refer to my by that, or simply Paul. Discussions tend to go all over the place, although this one is long by forum standards its mainly been on topic, although at times we do tend to discuss other things among ourselves.

There is only a dozen or so regular contributors plus a handful of now and then's, we are "experts" on every possible subject under the sun, lack of knowledge is no impediment, so feel free. On most topics some will see themselves as twice as smart as Einstein, and others as twice as silly as Daffy Duck, however I never take myself too seriously.