{"product_id":"the-first-inventors","title":"The First Inventors","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eThis is the story of how Indigenous knowledge shaped the Australian continent. Based on the stunning SBS and Channel 10 TV series,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Inventors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes readers on a journey through 65,000 years of innovation, diplomacy and design. It challenges everything you thought you knew about the deep history of Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003eThis is what a history of Australia looks like when it has Indigenous perspectives at its heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over 65,000 years, people have made this continent their own through language, song, water and fire.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Inventors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells their story. It is a history of innovation, diplomacy and design, and a celebration of the survival and resilience of cultural knowledge. It explores how people managed and engineered entire landscapes, and how they orchestrated seascapes according to the stars, tides and relationships with animal kin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Inventors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis grounded in the idea of Country: a transformative way of seeing, and relating to, the world. It honours old ways of knowing and relates fresh insights from cutting-edge collaborative research: from astronomy, navigation and ancient memory systems to archaeology, pottery and international trade.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"product-description\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBilly Griffiths \u003cspan\u003eis a writer and historian at Deakin University. He is the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Time Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which has won prizes in literature, archaeology and history, including Book of the Year at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. He lectures in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies and holds a research fellowship with the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarissa Behrendt\u003cspan\u003e AO is a legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. She is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. She is the author of several novels and non-fiction works, and chair of the Writing Australia Council. She was writer and director of the TV series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Inventors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean Ulm\u003cspan\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Archaeology at James Cook University and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures. His publications include more than 150 research articles and books on the archaeology of Australia. He directed research partners and developed storylines for the TV series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Inventors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540184780961,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0413\/0353\/9873\/files\/FirstInventors.jpg?v=1789628640","url":"https:\/\/shop.fish.asn.au\/products\/the-first-inventors","provider":"FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health","version":"1.0","type":"link"}