"Two authors - Pascoe and Reynolds - caught my attention in this year of a Referendum related to Australian First Nations and the constitution. You might find these two short presentations about each of the books interesting.
I had heard a lot about Bruce Pascoe's 2017 "Dark Emu: Black Seeds". But it took until the first session in U3A's Armchair History and I have now listened to the book. I regret that I had not taken the opportunity earlier. The "controversy" around the author and his thesis distracts from Pascoe's offer to review aspects of our national history. I invite you to delve into Pascoes proposition and to consider the comments of Blainey and Mundine who describe why they find Pascoes work contentious.
Prolific author Henry Reynolds "Truth-Telling" is a seminal work that has shifted my understanding of Australia's colonisation era through to the present. I find viewing old information through a different lens energising. I hope you do too."
I had heard a lot about Bruce Pascoe's 2017 "Dark Emu: Black Seeds". But it took until the first session in U3A's Armchair History and I have now listened to the book. I regret that I had not taken the opportunity earlier. The "controversy" around the author and his thesis distracts from Pascoe's offer to review aspects of our national history. I invite you to delve into Pascoes proposition and to consider the comments of Blainey and Mundine who describe why they find Pascoes work contentious.
Prolific author Henry Reynolds "Truth-Telling" is a seminal work that has shifted my understanding of Australia's colonisation era through to the present. I find viewing old information through a different lens energising. I hope you do too."
Jane Rushworth
U3A Armchair History
Friday 28 August, 2023