The Great Emu War Of Australia

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The Great Emu War of Australia

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A desperate plea to the minister of defence

misslily Desperate farmers bypassed the agricultural department and petitioned the military for machine guns.

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misslily Over twenty thousand migrating emus invaded the newly established farmlands in search of water.

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Fun Facts

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Fun Fact

Emu speed: Emus can run at speeds up to 50 kilometers per hour, easily outrunning early 20th-century military vehicles over rough terrain.

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Quizzes

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Quiz

What specific military weapon did the veteran farmers request to use against the emus?

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Which government official did the desperate farmers petition for military assistance in 1932?

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Why did the Australian Minister of Defence agree to send the military to fight emus?

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What secondary damage did the emus cause that allowed rabbits to invade the wheat fields?

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Approximately how many emus migrated into the farming region of Campion, Western Australia, in 1932?

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Why did the Australian government give land to World War I veterans in Western Australia in 1919?

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What global economic crisis in the early 1930s made the Australian farmers' situation even more desperate?

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What specific crop were the invading emus eating and destroying in Western Australia?

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Glosario

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Glossary

emu (noun)
A large, flightless, fast-running bird native to Australia. In late 1932, approximately 20,000 of these birds migrated into Western Australian wheat farms, prompting military intervention.

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Gossip

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Gossip

Who was in the right here?

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Gossip

Would you live in the Outback?

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Videos

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misslily Minister George Pearce deployed troops for target practice and a political gesture, provided farmers paid for ammunition.

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misslily A desperate plea to the minister of defence

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misslily The great migration of twenty thousand

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misslily Soldiers turned farmers in the dust

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