Contents

  1  The Dark Emu debate

  2  Spiritual propagation

  3  The language question

  4  Ecological agents and ‘firestick farming’

  5  Social evolutionism rebirthed

  6  The agriculture debate

  7  Patterns of apparel

  8  ‘Aquaculture’ or fishing and trapping?

  9  Dwellings

10  Mobility

11  The explorers’ records

12  ‘Agricultural’ implements and antiquity

13  Stone circles and ‘smoking’ trees

Conclusion

Appendix 1: When did Indigenous people arrive in Australia?

Appendix 2: Band movements recorded by William Buckley

Acknowledgements

Image credits

Notes

References

Index