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Australia's Agricultural Identity : An Aboriginal yarn
Gilbert, Joshua2025
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Place reservation for Australia's Agricultural Identity : An Aboriginal yarnPutting culture back in Agriculture. A young, entrepreneurial Worimi man leaps into the discussion of agriculture on this land on which we live, its past, but more importantly, its future. Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights. Starting from his own Worimi Country, where his family history is captured in the journals of the Australian Agricultural Company – among the earliest written records of agricultural practice on this continent – Josh listens to yarns about the farming that has always been and continues to take place on that Country, which demonstrate that Indigenous culture is not static; it can account for and inform our approaches to land and climate even as they are changing. As he contemplates these stories and histories, Josh seeks to provide a new understanding that Australians, as a nation of farmers and land managers, need to develop our agricultural system into one where Indigenous and Western knowledges converge. One where we acknowledge the realities of Australia’s farming heritage, both positive and negative, and find ways to feed our population while caring for Country and ensuring the livelihood of Australia’s farming towns. He explores what it means to be an Aboriginal person today, what it means to be a farmer and even what it means to say you are Australian. Where these notions overlap, and how we might start to weave a common story that brings together all these ideas. So that we can create a truly Australian agricultural yarn – one that we all build together.
Main title:
Australia's Agricultural Identity : An Aboriginal yarn / by Joshua Gilbert.
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Imprint:
North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Books, 2025.©2025.
Collation:
278 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.
Contents:
Introduction: Worimi Barray1. Romanticising our agricultural roots2. A deep and rich connection3. An agricultural war - the constant frontier4. Connecting across dividing lines5. Farming then, still farming now, farming forever6. So, who is a farmer?7. A new perspective - a people in change8. Embracing modernity, acknowledging history9. Indigenous identity through Western agriculture - our farming stories10. Sitting upon the saddle throne11. Of droughts and flooding rains12. The front lines of a changing climate13. Farming for the future14. A new stage15. Putting culture back in agri-culture16. Agricultural diversity17. Reconciliation - a balancing act18. Gastronomic reconciliation - a truly Australian agricultural yarn19. Agricultural power - a transition forty years overdue20. Leading the wayConclusion: Continuing the yarn.
ISBN:
9781761047374 (paperback)
Dewey class:
630.994630.0994
Language:
English
Subject:
Gilbert, JoshuaAustralian Agricultural Company -- HistorySustainable agriculture -- AustraliaAboriginal Australians -- Social life and customsFarmers, Aboriginal AustralianAgriculture -- Australia -- HistoryLand use -- AustraliaWorimi (Australian people)Land use, Rural -- AustraliaHunting and gathering societies -- Australia
BRN:
528949
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 630.0994 AUS | Onloan - Due: 14 Jul 2025 |
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