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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.
Emu War (1932) • Australia • Emus of Campion district Defeat • Australian Royal Artillery failure to pacify Emus of Campion None: 986 [27] World War II (1939–1945) An Australian light machine gun team in action during the Aitape–Wewak campaign, June 1945. United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China; France; Poland Yugoslavia Greece
1 July – The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) is established; 2 November – Start of the Emu War. 23 November – The statue of The Dog on the Tuckerbox is unveiled at Gundagai, New South Wales by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons. 10 December – The Emu War ends in failure.
An extreme example of this was the Emu War in Western Australia in 1932. Emus flocked to the Chandler and Walgoolan area during a dry spell, damaging rabbit fencing and devastating crops. An attempt to drive them off was mounted, with the army called in to dispatch them with machine guns; the emus largely avoided the hunters.
1932: Emu War; 1932–1934: Caledon Bay crisis; A propaganda poster calling for Australians to avenge the sinking of Centaur. 1939–1945: Second World War. Axis naval activity in Australian waters. 1941: Sinking of HMS Sydney; 1942: Attack on Sydney Harbour; 1942: Shelling of Newcastle; 1942: Attack on the Dureenbee; 1943: Shelling of Port Gregory
1932 was a leap year ... November 2 – The Emu War, a nuisance wildlife management military operation, ... December 10 – The Emu War in Australia ends in failure.
In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. [ 6 ] In 1932, 30,000 emus migrated to the farm land around Walgoolan nearby, which would go on to start the Emu War , which changed the face of Australian farming, ravaging crops and ...
In 1932 many emus moved into farm territory in Western Australia, with the army called in to dispatch them in the so-called Emu War. Some attacks noted include in 1957 an emu charged a car, [15] in 1904 an emu attacked a dog's owner after the dog attacked it, [16] in 1873 an emu attacked children and a woman at Johnstone Park, Geelong. [17]