ABOUT THIS EPISODE
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!
Have a strange, overlooked, or completely ridiculous true story you’d like Jess to research? Send it to MessyMindedPod@gmail.com. If it becomes an episode, you can be credited for the idea on the show.
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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
Big thank you for the artist who allow us to borrow their talent for music by: SoundPlusUS Label and Mr. Lex Oleksii Bezalov for "Spark Groove", The Mountain for "Quirky Sneaky Comedy" and "Quirky Sneaky", Hits Labs for "War Battle Military Drums" , and Geoff Harvey for "Busy Bees"
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