Slocombe Posted April 26, 2017 https://audioboom.com/posts/4787379-bruce-pascoe-on-pre-colonial-aboriginal-agriculture 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drildo Posted April 27, 2017 Hey that's a brilliant little piece you found there Slocombe. Only got 2 minutes into the audio (will revisit this afternoon) but read the blurb. I'm interested in his book Dark Emu. Imagine if the aboriginals really did cultivate fields and live in permanent settlements. May potentially change what is considered 'common knowledge' today, if they can provide evidence of this theory. "The aboriginal mans garden was like a gentleman's park" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-RC- Posted April 27, 2017 He talks about weirs and canals for fishing purposes amongst other stuff from memory. Unfortunately black man's agriculture is a lot more subtle and non-intrusive than the white man's... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted April 27, 2017 Yes there was some "agriculture" beyond firestick farming, but not as we call it now, and "industry" (including mining/quarrying). Permanent settlements certainly did exist. It's somewhat dependant on what resources were available . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
