EMU
Encyclopedia
Australia
- Emu Bay, South Australia, on Kangaroo Island
- Emu BreweryEmu BreweryThe Emu Brewery was a brewery in Perth, Western Australia, which traced its history to the first decade of the colony. Founded in 1837 by James Stokes as the Albion Brewery, it was located beside the Swan River on a block bounded by Mounts Bay Road, Spring Street and Mount Street...
, historic site in Perth - Emu Creek, near Aurukun, Queensland
- Emu Downs Wind Farm, Western AustraliaEmu Downs Wind Farm, Western AustraliaThe Emu Downs wind farm is a 79.2 MW wind farm in Western Australia. It was a joint development between Stanwell Corporation and Griffin Energy. The site is approximately 200 kilometres north of Perth, near Cervantes...
, 200km north of Perth - Emu FieldEmu FieldEmu Field is located in the desert of South Australia, at . Variously known as Emu Field, Emu Junction or Emu, it was the site of the Operation Totem pair of nuclear tests conducted by the British government in October 1953.The site was surveyed by Len Beadell in 1952...
, South Australia, (alternatively known as Emu or Emu Junction), site of the first atomic weapons test on the Australian mainland - Emu Flat, VictoriaEmu Flat, VictoriaEmu Flat is a locality in the Shire of Mitchell local government area, in Victoria, Australia. It is situated between Lancefield and Tooborac , 92 kilometres to the north-west of Melbourne by road....
, 92km NE of Melboutne - Emu Heights, New South WalesEmu Heights, New South WalesEmu Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Emu Heights is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Area of the City of Penrith....
, suburb of Sydney - Emu Park, QueenslandEmu Park, QueenslandEmu Park is a small town located slightly south of Yeppoon in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emu Park had a population of 2,967.Home of the famous Singing Ship Monument, the Emu Park land area was first discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770. It overlooks the islands of Keppel Bay,...
, 680km NW of Brisbane, near Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island - Emu Plains, New South WalesEmu Plains, New South WalesEmu Plains is a town, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Emu Plains is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....
, suburb of Sydney - Emu Plains Correctional CentreEmu Plains Correctional CentreEmu Plains Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for females located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia....
- Emu Plains railway station, SydneyEmu Plains railway station, Sydney-Transport links:Blue Mountains Bus Company runs five routes via Emu Plains railway station, although two routes do not physically stop outside Emu Plains Station:-*Route 688 - between Emu Heights and Penrith*Route 689 - between Leonay and Penrith...
- Emu Ridge, Australian Capital TerritoryEmu Ridge, Australian Capital TerritoryEmu Ridge is a housing estate in the suburb of Belconnen, in the district of Belconnen, in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory , Australia...
, housing estate in Belconnen, Canberra
Flora and fauna
- Brown Emu-tailBrown Emu-tailThe Brown Emu-Tail is a species of Old World warbler in the Megaluridae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Dromaeocercus brunneus, old-world warbler - Emu apples, Kunzea pomifera, aka muntries, native cranberries, munthari, muntaberry or monterry
- Emu bush (disambiguation), a number of Australian plants
- Emu-wrenEmu-wrenThe emu-wrens are a genus of bird in the fairy-wren family Maluridae. They are found only in Australia where they inhabit scrub, heathland and grassland. They are small birds, 12–19 cm long with the tail accounting for over half of their length. The tail has only six feathers which are loose...
, bird in the genus Stipiturus - Grey Emu-tailGrey Emu-tailThe Grey Emu-Tail , also known as the Madagascan Grassbird or Feather-tailed Warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in Madagascar....
, Amphilais seebohmi, old-world warbler
Entertainment
- Emu and the jabiru, Aboriginal myth
- Emu (puppet)Emu (puppet)Emu is a puppet emu given to Rod Hull in the 1960s while he was presenting a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Hull adopted the mute puppet for his cabaret act, and took it with him to the United Kingdom when he returned in 1970...
, puppet used by the late entertainer Rod Hull - Emus Can't Walk BackwardsEmus Can't Walk BackwardsEmus Can't Walk Backwards is the sequel to Robert Anwood's 2006 book Bears Can't Run Downhill. As with the first book, it investigates so-called pub facts.-External links:*...
, novel by Robert Anwood - Emu's All Live Pink Windmill ShowEmu's All Live Pink Windmill ShowEmu was an anarchic British television puppet of Rod Hull, and after successful appearing on a number of Variety shows, he was given his own Television series on the BBC, then on ITV.-Emu's Broadcasting Company:...
, British children's television show featuring "Rod Hull and Emu" - Ernest Emu, character in Crash Bandicoot video games
- Flying EmusFlying EmusFlying Emus were an Australian country/bluegrass band. They won the 1988 ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album for their album This Town. They won CMAA Country Music Awards in 1986 , 1987 , 1988 and 1991...
, Australian country/bluegrass band of the 1980s - Penrith Emus RugbyPenrith Emus RugbyPenrith Rugby Club, known as the Emus, are an Australian rugby union club based in Penrith, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup. The club was formed in 1965 as Nepean and began playing...
, western Sydney rugby union club
Companies
- Emu AirwaysEmu AirwaysEmu Airways was an airline based in Adelaide in Australia operating tourist flights to nearby Kangaroo Island. It was part of the RegionalLink Airlines group which also included Airnorth and Airlines of South Australia .- History :...
, defunct Australian regional airline - Emu Bay RailwayEmu Bay RailwayThe Melba Line is a narrow gauge railway on the west coast of Tasmania. The line was originally constructed as a private railway line named the Emu Bay Railway and was one of the longest lasting and successful private railway companies in Australia...
, privately owned narrow-gauge railway in Tasmania - E-mu SystemsE-mu SystemsE-mu Systems, Inc. is a synthesizer maker and pioneer in samplers and low-cost digital sampling music workstations.-History:Founded in 1971 by Scott Wedge and Dave Rossum, E-mu began making modular synthesizers...
, company in the digital audio business
Miscellaneous
- Emu, palm winePalm winePalm wine also called Palm Toddy also called "Kallu" written in Malayalam and கள்ளு in Tamil or simply Toddy is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, and coconut palms...
in the (Nigerian) Yoruba language - Emu Bay shaleEmu Bay shaleThe Emu Bay Shale is a geological formation in Emu Bay, South Australia, containing a major Konservat-Lagerstätten . It is one of two in the world containing Redlichiidan trilobites...
, geological formation in Emu Bay, South Australia - Emu oilEmu oilEmu oil is an oil made from the fat of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, a bird native to Australia.Emu oil and eucalyptus oil have been used historically by the Australian aborigines for the treatment of fevers, coughs, arthritic joints, bruises, cuts and sores.Pure emu oil can vary widely in...
, medicinal oil made from the bird - Emu WarEmu WarThe Emu War, also known as the Great Emu War, was a nuisance wildlife management operation undertaken in Australia over the latter part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus said to be running amok in the Campion district of Western Australia...
, also called The Great Emu War, a military operation to kill emus in Western Australia in 1932 - Emu (beer), group of Western Australian beers (Emu Bitter, Emu Export and Emu Draught)
- Emu (journal)Emu (journal)Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. The journal was established in 1901 and is the oldest ornithological journal published in Australia...
(Emu - Austral Ornithology), scientific journal - EmuTOSEmuTOSEmuTOS is a replacement for TOS , released as free software. It does not add any functionality and is mainly intended to be used with Atari emulators, such as Hatari...
, operating system for the Atari ST - E-mu EmulatorE-mu EmulatorThe Emulator is the name given to a series of disk-based digital sampling keyboards manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1982 until 1990. Though not the first commercial sampler, the Emulator was among the first to find wide use among ordinary musicians, due to its relatively low price and its size,...
, series of disk-based digital sampling keyboards manufactured by E-mu Systems
Universities
- Eastern Mediterranean UniversityEastern Mediterranean UniversityThe Eastern Mediterranean University , located in Northern Cyprus, was established in 1979 as a higher-education institution of technology for Turkish Cypriots. In 1986, it was converted to a state-trust-run university...
, North Cyprus - Eastern Mennonite UniversityEastern Mennonite UniversityEastern Mennonite University is a private liberal arts university in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, affiliated with one of the historic peace churches, the Mennonite Church USA. Its main campus is on the edge of the small city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, about three miles from state-owned...
, United States - Eastern Michigan UniversityEastern Michigan UniversityEastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
, United States - Estonian University of Life SciencesEstonian University of Life SciencesThe Estonian University of Life Sciences , located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was established in 1951 and renamed and restructured in November 2005....
(Eesti Maaülikool), Estonia
Miscellaneous
- Economic and monetary unionEconomic and monetary unionAn economic and monetary union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of an economic union with a monetary union. It is to be distinguished from a mere monetary union , which does not involve a common market. This is the fifth stage of economic integration...
, stage of economic integration - Electric multiple unitElectric multiple unitAn electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
, type of train design - Electromagnetic unit, part of the cgs systems of units
- EMU AustraliaEMU AustraliaEMU Australia is an Australian brand of footwear. The brand is best known for their sheepskin products. Their signature products are ugg boots, which have been a popular fashion trend for young women since the 2000s...
, a brand of footwear - EMU connector or enhanced mini-USB, type of hybrid electrical connector
- English Metric Unit, a unit of measure used in Office Open XML
- European Monetary Union, abbreviation of "Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union"
- Evangelical Members within the Uniting Church in AustraliaEvangelical Members within the Uniting Church in AustraliaThe Evangelical Members within the Uniting Church in Australia is a conservative lobby group within the Uniting Church . They were previously known as Evangelical Ministers of the UCA....
, conservative lobby group - Experimental Military UnitExperimental Military UnitThe Experimental Military Unit was a company-sized helicopter assault force which operated during the Vietnam War. The EMU was created by the integration of a contingent of Royal Australian Navy aviation personnel into the United States Army's 135th Assault Helicopter Company.-Organisation and...
, a joint United States Army - Royal Australian Navy helicopter force during the Vietnam War - Extravehicular Mobility UnitExtravehicular Mobility UnitThe Space Shuttle/International Space Station Extravehicular Mobility Unit is an independent anthropomorphic system that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for a Space Shuttle or International Space Station crew member to perform extra-vehicular activity...
in space transport, used for spacewalks - e.MUE.muE.mu — Japanese rock-group, mostly known because of their music for the Kaikan Phrase anime series.Their first single "Love Around" appeared in 2000 as the ending theme of 35-43 Kaikan Phrase episodes. In the same year they signed the contract with Unlimited Records...
, Japanese music group - Emulation (disambiguation)Emulation (disambiguation)The word emulation refers to:*An ambition and effort to equal, excel or surpass another; to compete or rival with some degree of success, especially through imitation...