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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.
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia ...
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
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.
1932 in Australian sport (7 C, 2 P) Pages in category "1932 in Australia" ... Emu War; H. Harvard Australian Expedition (1931–1932) L. 1932 in Australian literature; M.
The emu (/ ˈ iː m juː /; Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the ...
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]
In 1932, the district was plagued by emus and sought the intervention of the federal government, resulting in the so-called Emu War. [1] Following the discovery of alunite on the west side of Lake Campion, a state-owned processing facility was established in 1942 and a new townsite was gazetted at nearby Chandler. Subsequently development ...