A man holding an emu killed by Australian soldiers
Location
Campion district, Western Australia
Planned by
Sir George Pearce
Objective
Reduce the local emu population
Date
2 November – 10 December 1932 (1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
Executed by
Australian Army, led by Major Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith of the Royal Australian Artillery
Outcome
986 emus confirmed killed.[1] Minimal impact on the overall emu population.
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 said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus employed Royal Australian Artillery soldiers armed with Lewis guns—leading the media to adopt the name "Emu War" when referring to the incident. Although many birds were killed, the emu population persisted and continued to cause crop destruction.
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^Shuttlesworth, Dorothy Edwards (1967). The Wildlife of Australia and New Zealand. University of Michigan Press. p. 69.
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