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The Emu War (or Great Emu War) [2] was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO (14 January 1870 – 24 June 1952) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938. He began his career in the Labor Party but later joined the National Labor Party, the Nationalist Party, and the United Australia Party; he served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers from all four parties.
In March 1933, Prime Minister Joseph Lyons led a federal delegation to Western Australia to campaign against secession, appearing alongside defence minister George Pearce, Victorian senator Tom Brennan, and senior public servant Stuart McFarlane.
Parkhill was born on 27 August 1878 in Paddington, New South Wales.He was the son of Isabella (née Chisholm) and Robert Parkhill, his father being a stonemason. He was educated at public schools in Paddington and Waverley before finding work as a clerk.
After the deaths of George Pearce and Billy Hughes in 1952, Massy-Greene was the sole survivor of the Hughes Nationalist ministries. On 13 November 1952, he was admitted to Freemasons Hospital, Melbourne , where he underwent an operation on his gall bladder the following day.
The longest-serving Leader of the Government in the Senate was George Pearce, who held the position for a cumulative total of 15 years in three separate terms between 1914 and 1937. Uniquely, from 10 January to 1 February 1968, the positions of Prime Minister and Leader of the Government in the Senate were held by the same person, John Gorton .
Senator Sir George Pearce KCVO [n 1] United Australia: Lyons: 6 January 1932 12 October 1934 2 years, 279 days 19 Sir Archdale Parkhill KCMG MP: 12 October 1934 20 November 1937 3 years, 39 days 20 Joseph Lyons CH MP: 20 November 1937 29 November 1937 9 days 21 Harold Thorby MP: Country: 29 November 1937 7 November 1938 343 days 22 Geoffrey ...
Major General Sir Thomas William Glasgow KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (6 June 1876 – 4 July 1955) was a senior Australian Army officer and politician. Glasgow rose to prominence during the First World War as a brigade and later divisional commander on the Western Front.