In a nonfiction book titled for one of these animals, the author suggests replacing wheat with grasses in the chapter "Accepting History and Creating the Future." For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this animal that titles a nonfiction book subtitled "Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?" by Bruce Pascoe, in which he controversially argues that a certain ethnic group constructed dams and practiced aquaculture.
ANSWER: emus [or Dark Emu]
[10m] Two villains try to steal an Aboriginal sculpture in the novel Seven Emus by Xavier Herbert, who won a prize named for this author. This feminist author wrote about Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career.
ANSWER: Miles Franklin [or Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin]
[10e] Irene finds a baby's skull "as fragile and powdery as an emu egg" in this author's 2017 novel A Long Way From Home. Two characters bet over moving a glass church across Australia in his novel Oscar and Lucinda.
ANSWER: Peter Carey
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