Dark Emu (2014), Bruce Pascoe

Aboriginal people in pre-colonial times engaged in grew and stored crops, made complex fish traps, sometimes lived in villages with large buildings, and cultivated the land in a way that allowed them to thrive in some of the most difficult places to live. I don't think I was ever taught this in history.

Pascoe references writings and drawings from early colonialists, supported by modern evidence and research, to suggest that Aboriginal people were not strictly hunter-gatherers. While some of the accounts of colonialists aren't necessarily the most reliable, there certainly are a lot of them that paint a cohesive picture, supported by modern research.

It's noted more than once in the book that although the Aboriginal people were considered technologically inferior by the invading Europeans, there is a lot that can be learned about living more sustainably in Australian environments.