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Fables of the Dark Emu

First rate scholars set the record straight on Indigenous history

19 June 2021

9:00 AM

19 June 2021

9:00 AM

With the power of the ABC’s propaganda unit behind it, Dark Emu, by the self-proclaimed Aboriginal historian Bruce Pascoe sold more than 100,000 copies and was in its 28th printing one year ago.

Given the relentless publicity the book has received since then and its incessant promotion by woke folk in academia, it has possibly sold close to 120,000 or more now, and there are two children’s versions also being pushed into curricula, e-books, audio books and even a dance performance by the famed Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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