Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe (born 1947 Richmond, Victoria) is an Australian Indigenous writer, from the Bunurong clan, of the Kulin nation. He has worked as a teacher, farmer, a fisherman and an Aboriginal language researcher.
Life
He is Director of Commonwealth Australian Studies project. He is working on preserving the Wathaurong language.[1]
His books include Fog a Dox, a book for young adults that won the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in 2013,[2] Convincing Ground about the Convincing Ground massacre,[3] and Dark Emu, a book that challenges the claim that pre-colonial Australian Aboriginal peoples were hunter-gatherers.[4] His research of early settler accounts found accounts of grain cultivation, flour, wells, and dams.[5][6]
He edited Australian Short Stories, from 1982 to 1998.[7]
Works
- Night Animals, Penguin Books, 1986, ISBN 9780140087420
- Fox, McPhee Gribble/Penguin books, 1988, ISBN 9780140114089
- Shark, Magabala Books, 1999, ISBN 9781875641482
- Nightjar, Seaglass Books, 2000, ISBN 9780947087357
- Ocean, Bruce Sims Books, 2002, ISBN 9780957780064
- Bloke. Penguin Books Limited. 3 August 2009. ISBN 978-0-85796-558-5.
- Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country. Aboriginal Studies Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-85575-549-2.
- Fog a Dox, Magabala Books, 2014, ISBN 9781922142597
- Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture Or Accident?, Magabala Books, 2014, ISBN 9781922142436
References
- ↑ "Author profile: Bruce Pascoe". Macquarie Pen Anthology.
- ↑ "Fog a Dox by Bruce Pascoe (Magabala Books)". Australian Government ; Attorney-General's Department; Ministry for Arts.
- ↑ "Convincing Ground : Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country". AustLit.
- ↑ "Dark Emu argues against 'Hunter Gatherer' history of Indigenous Australians". ABC Kimberley. 2 April 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Aborigines Were Sophisticated Farmers and Land Managers". The Epoch Times. May 21, 2014.
- ↑ http://brucepascoe.com.au/non-fiction/
- ↑ http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A30613
External links
 Writer, editor and anthologist Bruce Pascoe, art.afterhours, Jul 14, 2009 |
- "A couch chat with Bruce Pascoe". Magabala Books.
- "Review: Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe". Stumbling through the past. 13 July 2014.
- "'Dark Emu' by Bruce Pascoe". The Resident Judge of Port Phillip. 13 July 2014.
- "Bruce Pascoe on the complex question of Aboriginal agriculture". 1 February 2016.