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Australia’s 'educated classes', asserts William J Lines in Romancing the Primitive, have lost their faith in the virtues of Western civilisation. Trapped in a zero-sum paradigm, social justice warriors view the past as a 'purely moral drama of villains and victimhood' and have, accordingly, 'idealised Aboriginal life beyond recognition'. We have come a long way from the liberalism of First Fleet observer Watkin Tench

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In 2014, Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu revolutionised interpretations of Indigenous history, arguing that Aboriginal people engaged in agriculture, irrigation and construction prior to the arrival of Europeans. Now, in a new book, two highly respected academics say that there is little evidence for these claims.

In 2014, Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu revolutionised interpretations of Indigenous history, arguing that Aboriginal people engaged in agriculture, irrigation and construction prior to the arrival of Europeans. Now, in a new book, two highly respected academics say that there is little evidence for these claims.

Two leading Australian academics have savaged the best-selling Indigenous history book Dark Emu for being riddled with mistakes and ignoring Aboriginal voices.