One of the latest fabricators to rise to infamy is a person by the name of Bruce Pascoe with a book titled Dark Emu, in which he claims that Australian aborigines were not hunter/gatherers, but part of one of the "most technologically and politically advanced societies of all time" ! They actually lived in villages of stone houses and developed extensive and sustainable agriculture, along with sophisticated politics before "the rise of Athens".

How in tarnation did the early British settlers miss all that? Pascoe claims that all this sophistication and advanced living ended with the "invasion" of 1788. All part of a conspiracy to suppress the information for political reasons, Pascoe claims.

Another of Pascoe's claims is that he has an aboriginal background. However, a professional and thorough genealogical investigation of his background found no indication of that, either. He is pure British.

The bizarre 'Dark Emu' was published in 2014, but since then, Pascoe has been embraced by the Left lovers of historical revision. His book has received a NSW Premier's Award for fiction - sorry, literature; best seller status in 2016 as well as being named Book of the Year, and the Indigenous Writers award. I Suppose a non-indigenous person can get the award if an illegal entrant and non-citizen can get a prize meant for Australian citizens only. The Left doesn't care much for rules.

And, Dark Emu is being adopted as a high school text, with their ABC televising the nonsense next year.

Social commentator and author, Peter O'Brien, has labelled Dark Emu as book of "egregious deception". But, since when did truth mean anything to the Australian Leftist elites?

Seems like this Pascoe character has as much aboriginal ancestry as Elizabet Warren has Indian. The abc luv people who make up stories about their heritage. Oh well he will continue to fleece the tax payer with his lies. It fits the regressive narrative.

"The abc luv people who make up stories about their heritage".

They do, runner, if their own sort do it. Anyone else they accuse of cultural appropriation, or is it cultural misappropriation? All hypocrites lurch to the Left.

It gets worse! Federal government minister, Ken Wyatt, thinks that Pascoe's rubbish SHOULD be taught in schools. Wyatt also believes that
Pascoe is aboriginal because Pascoe SAYS SO.

We don't have to look outside for forces trying to bring Australia down; our own politicians are doing the most damage to our country.

It seems that Pascoe has English ancestry, ONLY English ancestry. And perhaps not one convict amongst them, which must be unique for eastern-state Australians of Anglo ancestry, suggesting he came from relatively comfortable stock.

With my eight convict ancestors (at last count) I'm envious :)

Joe

How about just one voice for all dinky die Ozzies, & no voice for anyone else.

Perhaps we could get the place back on an even keel.