mhaze,

You stated that Bruce Pascoe did not receive awards
for "his history." And inferred that he's not to be
taken seriously.

The Judges, NSW Premier's Literary Awards gave Bruce
Pascoe's book, "Dark Emu" both the Book of the Year
Award and the Indigenous Writer's Prize
in the 2016 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.

They also stated that:

"This vital book demonstrates with convincing evidence
often from early explorer's journals, that the Aboriginal
peoples lived settled and sophisticated lives here for
millennia before Cook..."

And -

"Bruce Pascoe is without peer in his field. "Dark Emu is
essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what
Australia once was, or what it might yet be if we heed
the lessons of long and sophisticated human occupation."

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

Shame on you Foxy, you have an unfair advantage on the poor old Deniers including mhaze, you have actually read the book. Joe does not read anything that conflicts with his "first sources", doesn't want to think badly of the author.

Why on earth do you people go on so much about nothing.
You all take other people's word for everything, because someone says things like 'peer reviewed' and 'other experts agree', as if these people are right because no-one dares challenge them.
All throughout history, books have been found to have, anything from exaggerations to outright lie's.
Knowing this, no one, including none of you brainiacs, can tell me which parts of the books are true, which are false and which are simply embellishments, designed to serve some literary purpose.
So Foxy, try and conjur up some of your 'expert' response to that comment.

Hey Paul,

You might appreciate this joke:

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven God went
missing for six days. Eventually Michael the Archangel
found Him on the seventh day, resting.

Michael inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly
pointed downwards through the clouds,
"Look Michael, look what I've made,"" said God.

Michael looked puzzled. "What is it?"

"It's a planet," God replied. "And I've put Life on it.
I'm going to call it Earth, and it's going to be a great
place of balance."

"Balance?"Michael was still confused.

God explained pointing to the different parts of Earth.
"For example North America will be a place of great
opportunity and wealth, South America will be poor.
The Middle East will be a hot spot. Russia a cold spot.
Over there - a continent of White people, and over there
one of Black people." God continued pointing to the
different countries. "This one will be extremely hot, and
this one will be cold and covered with ice."

The Archangel was impressed with God's work. He then
pointed to two land masses and asked, "What's that one?"

"Ah," said God. " That one is New Zealand. The most
gorgeous place on earth. There are beautiful lakes,
rivers, streams, and mountains. The people from New
Zealand are going to be modest, intelligent, humourous,
and found travelling all over the world. They'll be
extremely sociable, hard working, high achieving and will
be known for their diplomacy and as carriers of peace."

" But what about balance, God?" asked the Archangel.
"You promised balance?"

"Wait until you see the wa##ers I'm putting next to them in
Australia," God replied.

Foxy,

"They also stated that:

"This vital book demonstrates with convincing evidence
often from early explorer's journals, that the Aboriginal
peoples lived settled and sophisticated lives here for
millennia before Cook..."

You unwittingly point to one of the flaws in the argument "...millennia before Cook..."

For thousands of years?

Is Mise,

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/19/dig-finds-evidence-of-aboriginal-habitation-up-to-80000-years-ago

And -

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/brooke-boney-road-back-home-cultural-preservation-in-australia/9269956