Two children, three grandchildren and played 520 games of ordinary suburban and country football. He now lives in Gipsy Point, Far East Gippsland with, Lyn Harwood.

He is a board member of First Languages Australia and Twofold Aboriginal Corporation.īruce Pascoe farmed on Maramingo Creek in the seventies and now has a farm on the Wallagaraugh River, Mallacoota where he grows Australian perennial Indigenous grains and tubers.ĭark Emu began a discussion about Australian history which linked up with the sustainable farming movement and permaculture organisations.īlack Duck Foods was formed in 2019 in order to establish the horticulture and science around some traditional foods and foster links with research organisations and Aboriginal communities wanting to introduce farming and horticulture skills. In 2018 he was named Dreamtime Person of the Year for his contribution to Indigenous culture. He appeared in the SBS TV program, First Australians.ĭark Emu was published by Magabala in Feb 2014 and won the NSW Premier’s Book of the Year in 2016, and Australia Council Lifetime Achievement award 2018. This book exploring the history of Aboriginal agriculture has attracted considerable attention for its discussion of land management practices in Australia prior to colonisation. Fog a dox was published in 2012 by Magabala and won the Prime Minister’s award for Young Adult Literature in 2013. The children’s novel, The Chainsaw File, was published by Oxford in 2011. Bruce has also written a number of non-fiction works, the latest includes Dark Emu (2014), Convincing Ground, a Wathaurong language dictionary and The Little Red, Yellow, Black Book. His books include Shark, Ruby-eyed Coucal, Ocean, Earth and Nightjar. He has worked as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, farm fence contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and book editor. He has a Bunurong and Tasmanian heritage. He was born in Victoria and graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Education. Bruce Pascoe is an award-winning writer and a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man.

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