After the first world war, many Australian veterans settled in the Campion district of Western Australia to become farmers on land provided by the government.

It was there they encountered an enemy far more cleaver than any which they encountered in Europe.

They fought this enemy with state-of-the-art weapons and vehicles, yet it still wasn’t enough.

Learn more about the Great Emu War on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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