Issy and Joe, you both need to read Pascoe's book before passing judgement. I tried to fudge an exam once at school, having not read the novel, but rather the cryptic critique by someone else, like you guys, I too came a gutser', with a fail on that one. I questioned my English master as to my "F", his answer was; "You obviously haven't read the book, from me "Do I need to?"...."YES!". Pascoe's Aboriginalality is a far bigger deal for you guys than it is for me. He identifies as Aboriginal, so be it.

Paul,

What on earth has his book got to do with his bogus claim of Aboriginal descent?

I perused the book and it is badly written, badly edited etc., one only needs to work from the index.

However ,if I ever see a copy in an OP SHOP for $2 I promise that I'll buy it.

Then until you actually read the book Issy we can't have a decent debate about its contents. But until then you are trying to play the game sitting in the grandstand.

Paul,

What has the book got to do with the claim of Aboriginal ancestry?

Have you got a reference for your claim that the physical attack on Bolt in Melbourne was bogus?

SR,

Here are a collection of claims in the Dank Emu which are ridiculous:

"In his landmark book Dank Emu, Pascoe claims indigenous Australians were not hunter-gatherers but were sophisticated in the ways of food production, aquaculture, and land management. They were not nomads but lived in large towns in permanent dwellings. Their civilisation was, he wrote last year, “one that invented bread, society, language and the ability to live as 350 neighbouring nations without land war, not without rancour … but without a lust for land and power, without religious war, without slaves, without poverty but with a profound sense of responsibility for the health of Mother Earth for more than 120,000 years.” According to him they also invented democracy and government."

Just for starters 120 000 years ago predates the estimated emergence of modern humans. The rest is also laughable crap.

SR,

Paul,

https://www.dark-emu-exposed.org/home/ancient-australians-the-worlds-first-j3ljz-6tdcn-jjsce-4tc4a