Marc Fennell
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1,887 appearances
18 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Marc Fennell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It kind of reveals something at the very core of Australia, which is um just how challenging that settler colonialism actually is for all parties.
The EMU was considered a pest by the settlers, but of course Indigenous Australians held a very different view.
Do you think when Strikeforce Emu was making its way across the Wheat Belt, do you think they could have seen coming how it was gonna play out?
Why do you think this story has persisted in the imagination for so many people?
Is it just that it's funny or is there more to it than that?
When you look back at this particular war, like what do you think the lessons are?
This actually came to us from Alex, who's in year six, who really wanted us to do it.
So, um, Alex, thank you for taking us on this adventure.
It was it's been wild, hasn't it?
And also thank you to you for being the one that took us through one of the stranger wars in Australia's history.
Well
Dr.
Ruth Morgan there, director of the ANU Center for Environmental History.
This episode was produced by Zowie Ferguson and Jesse Kay.
The sound engineer was Angie Grant.
And of course, it is the very first episode in our special series, This Stupid War.
We are gonna dive into a new conflict next week.
My question to you is: can you guess what the conflict is?
That will be in your feeds next week.
I'm Mark Fennell, and thank you so much for listening to No One Saw It Coming.
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