The birds were known as murawung or birabayin to the local Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney basin.

Taxonomy

History

Emus were first reported as having been seen by Europeans when explorers visited the western coast of Australia in 1696. This was during an expedition led by Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh who was searching for survivors of a ship that had gone missing two years earlier. The birds were known

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