What’s wrong with Social Evolutionism? We’ve all done it at some time.
How Much More Weirder Can the Dark Emu Hoax Get?
Uncle Bruce Pascoe, an Aboriginal man, has just won (jointly with a transgender activist) the Australian Humanist Award of 2021, given to recipients who show outstanding contributions to Humanism, where “Humanism is a framework for living an ethical, meaningful and compassionate life without relying on supernatural forces."
Is Dark Emu a Hoax?
“The mark of a really good hoax seems to be that it lives on, even after all reasonable evidence has shown it up” - J. Whittaker, 1992
Where Aboriginal Customary Law Conflicts with Australian Law - Part 1
“Please help us…by supporting Aboriginal participation in the growing and marketing of our traditional foods”. - Bruce Pascoe, Gourmet Traveller, NOV 27, 2016
We Salute The University of Melbourne for Indigenous Inclusion & Diversity
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept
Cannibalism, George Orwell, Bruce Pascoe and the English Language
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible”
- George Orwell, 1946
A Sad Day for Australian History : Professor Henry Reynolds - Nominee for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
It is with Great Sadness that we Accept Henry Reynolds’ Nomination for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
Massacres & Makarrata - Truth-Telling or Moving-on? It's Our Choice.
Truth-telling works both ways. Is it really a good idea to have a big public Makarrata or Truth-Telling Commission? Won’t this just open old, largely forgotten stories regarding conflicts which no Australians today are responsible for?
The Legacy of Slavery Part 2 - Henry Reynolds and his 'Hypocrisy of Slavery'
Henry Reynolds wants us to believe that the 14th Earl of Morton was, ‘the most pertinent illustration of contemporary moral standards.’ Is that true or just another Pascoism?
Is this Why Dark Emu Was Written ?
Has Henry Reynolds found some ‘political value’ in using the ‘selective quoting’ techniques of Professor Pascoe, and indeed the whole Dark Emu Agriculture thesis itself, in supporting his new book, Truth-Telling?
The Legacy of Slavery Part 1 - Henry Reynolds and his 'Hypocrisy of Slavery'
Henry Reynolds calls the Slave-owning Signatories to the American Declaration of Independence, ‘hypocrites’. Is that true or just another Pascoism?
Dark Emu's Hall of Fame - Will I have Egg on my Face?
Nominations are Open for the 2021 Dark Emu Hall of Fame Awards. Watch this Space!
Finally, the University of Melbourne Sends in Some Big Guns in the 'Emu Wars'
Better Late than Never - Finally Some Proper Academics Give Something Worthwhile back to the Taxpayer
Would it be Problematic if A.O.Neville was 'indigenous'?
This post is about one of those little quirks sometimes found in historical figures. It might be nothing, but then maybe in the Post-modern world of history revisionism it was influential? Send us your thoughts!
Has Henry Reynolds signed on as the latest 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' to learn some 'creative writing' skills?
Has Henry Reynolds learnt some tricky ‘selective editing’ techniques from ‘best-selling’ author Bruce Pascoe?
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' - Part 3 : Stolen Lands
Can Stolen Land be a Property Investment? Maybe, Christine Gordon from Readings Bookshop can advise us?
A Harried Dark Emu
Australian Archaeologist Harry Lourandos picks over the bones of 90% of Dark Emu
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' - Part 2 : Apartheid, here we come
Are The Greatest Threat to our Institutions the Second Generation Pascoites?
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' - A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
Are The Greatest Threat to our Institutions are the Second Generation Pascoites?
A Tale of Two Scholars - and the 'Shallow' Scholarship of Professor Pascoe
Melbourne University Salutes ‘a gentleman, a political activist and a scholar.’