r/australia took a break from politics to talk history. Gold was unearthed!
In the Thirties, Western Australia deployed soldiers to curb emus in a campaign dubbed The Emu War.
Major Meredith of the Royal Australian Artillery commanded soldiers armed with Lewis machine guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
“The machine-gunners' dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month.” Ornithologist Dominic Serventy via Wikipedia.
Rum was once legal tender.
The history of currency in Australia began in 1800, when Governor King issued a proclamation setting the value of coins in New South Wales. However, because of the shortage of money, the real currency during the first twenty-five years of settlement was rum. Source: Wikipedia.
Melbourne used to be called Batmania.
Before being officially named, Melbourne had several interim names including Batmania, Bearbrass, Bareport, Bareheep and Barehurp. Source: Bill Wannan, Australian folklore: a dictionary of lore, legends and popular allusions.
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