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For anybody lacking context, ie. those outside Australia, for example,

* Australia has much the same area as mainland USofA (ie. it's big) and spans from the tropical equatorial (northern Australia) to much closer to the south pole (Tasmania).

* Pre colonial territories looked something like: https://mgnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/map_col_high...

* Geographic landscapes include: Coastal, Rainforest, forest, river, and desert.

There was (and still remains in some parts of Australia) a wide range of traditional lifestyles, the Murray river (and south western australia, and elsewhere) had extensive multigenerational fish traps - now largely destroyed for paddleboat navigation back in the day.

I've heard Dark Emu has deficiencies, I can't say I've ever read it. There are other books that address pre colonial aboriginal living, pay attention to place and landscape and avoid generalising across a large landmass.