The Great Emu War

In this Messy Morsel, Jess explores the true story behind Australia’s Great Emu War, including the desperate former soldiers farming difficult land during the Great Depression, the military operation that became a national embarrassment, but also a fun story for ages!

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Sources and further reading

National Archives of Australia: Environmental issues from the not-so-distant past — “Emu wars”
Murray Johnson, Journal of Australian Studies: “Feathered Foes”: Soldier Settlers and Western Australia’s “Emu War” of 1932
Australian Geographic: Looking Back: Australia’s Emu Wars
National Library of Australia, Trove: “War on Emus,” October 21, 1932
National Library of Australia, Trove: “Emu War,” November 7, 1932
National Library of Australia, Trove: “Emu War Still On,” November 9, 1932
National Library of Australia, Trove: “New Strategy in a War on the Emu,” July 5, 1953

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