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Was the transition to agriculture the “worst mistake in human history”? by Robbo Bennetts
18 June 2021
The “Agricultural Revolution” — that is the transition of much of humanity from a foraging economy to an agricultural economy — is sometimes described as the greatest revolution in human history. So what did it mean, in real-life terms, for those who made the transition? |
colonial history |
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The Black Resistance, chapter 3: “Tasmania” (1977) by Robbo Bennetts
first published as a chapter in Fergus Robinson and Barry York (eds), The Black Resistance, Widescope, Melbourne, 1977
"The Black Resistance is a powerful contribution to the movement for a new Australian history - a history centred on the first Australians. It presents massive evidence of a splendid tradition of heroic resistance by the Aboriginal people and establishes that violent struggle against foreign invasion was an on-going and continent wide response." |
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Worksheet from Footprints workbook about frontier conflict in north-eastern Victoria in the 1830s. |
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Worksheet from Footprints workbook about frontier conflict in the East Kimberley in the early twentieth century.
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the protest movement |
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Photogallery: The second Waterdale Road demonstration, 16 September 1970 Images from the second of three Waterdale Road demonstrations against the Vietnam War in October 1970. |
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Photogallery: proudly untraditional La Trobe University shamelessly uses images of students protesting against the university's role in supporting the Vietnam War to promote itself as somehow "untraditional". |
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Respected historian and author of Student Revolt (amongst many other titles) interviews key participants in the Waterdale Road demonstrations. |
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from Robbo Bennetts' ASIO file |
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Michael Leunig responds to a rough sketch sent to him by Robbo Bennetts. |
labour history |
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The fall and rise of the Westgate Bridge by Robbo Bennetts One disaster was one too many. |
