Beginning of the Emu War

Date: November 2, 1932 • Location: Wiluna, Australia

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1932.

The Australian military began a "war against emus", flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in Western Australia.

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