{"id":44507,"date":"2024-04-12T12:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T02:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/?p=44507"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:34:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T02:34:20","slug":"emus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/","title":{"rendered":"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watch out students and staff, La Trobe has some new residents who are sure to be top of the pecking order!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without feather (further) ado, we’d like to introduce you to our three new emus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The emus were recently released into to the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>\u00a0at our Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of the emus is part of the University’s program to regenerate the 30-hectare (90-acre) nature reserve that is already home to hundreds of species of flora and fauna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introduction of the flightless birds gives La Trobe the rare honour of being the only Australian university city campus with three resident emus. Talk about another feather in our cap!<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
The emus were welcomed at a smoking ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The 18-month-old emus replace two older emus who lived at the Sanctuary for more than 10 years and became local icons for students, staff and visitors, before they naturally passed away in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanctuary Operations Manager, Olivia Swain said they reintroduced emus to the Sanctuary not just because the previous residents were missed, but because the emus also play an important role in environmental sustainability at the Sancturary by managing weeds and supporting seed dispersal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The emus were sourced from a local sustainable emu farmer and are all male, to make sure the population stays suitable for the size of the sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As emus are considered iconic animals in Indigenous culture, they were welcomed to the Sanctuary with a smoking ceremony by local Wurundjeri elders.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
The emus will play an important role in environmental sustainability at the Sancturary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The emus, Australia\u2019s largest native bird, were then released into the Sanctuary by La Trobe Vice-Chancellor Professor, Theo Farrell, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) Associate Professor, Michael Donovan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Farrell said the size and location of La Trobe\u2019s Bundoora campus meant it could provide a safe home for a huge range of Australian flora and fauna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLa Trobe is lucky to have this important refuge for endangered species of flora and fauna as part of its Melbourne campus,\u201d Professor Farrell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0and maybe even say ”hello” to our new emu friends, visit the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>\u00a0webpage for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watch out students and staff, La Trobe has some new residents who are sure to be top of the pecking order! Without feather (further) ado, we’d like to introduce you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":44523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-campuses","category-melbourne","category-community-student-life"],"yoast_head":"\nNew emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest - MyLaTrobe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest - MyLaTrobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch out students and staff, La Trobe has some new residents who are sure to be top of the pecking order! Without feather (further) ado, we’d like to introduce you […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MyLaTrobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-12T02:32:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-12T02:34:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joanne Darke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joanne Darke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joanne Darke\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b1544ff66d5237c9843e16a8df8c3dcd\"},\"headline\":\"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-12T02:32:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-12T02:34:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/WP-Emu.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Campuses\",\"Melbourne\",\"Student Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/\",\"name\":\"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest - MyLaTrobe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/WP-Emu.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-12T02:32:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-12T02:34:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b1544ff66d5237c9843e16a8df8c3dcd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/WP-Emu.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/WP-Emu.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/emus\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/\",\"name\":\"MyLaTrobe\",\"description\":\"For all of your student updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b1544ff66d5237c9843e16a8df8c3dcd\",\"name\":\"Joanne Darke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/854a548a027f49aa00c0e03dbcef574c3f03be3b0e9e6daa1be7f6ef901063b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/854a548a027f49aa00c0e03dbcef574c3f03be3b0e9e6daa1be7f6ef901063b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/854a548a027f49aa00c0e03dbcef574c3f03be3b0e9e6daa1be7f6ef901063b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joanne Darke\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.latrobe.edu.au\\\/mylatrobe\\\/author\\\/jdarke\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest - MyLaTrobe","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest - MyLaTrobe","og_description":"Watch out students and staff, La Trobe has some new residents who are sure to be top of the pecking order! Without feather (further) ado, we’d like to introduce you […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/","og_site_name":"MyLaTrobe","article_published_time":"2024-04-12T02:32:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-12T02:34:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joanne Darke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joanne Darke","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/"},"author":{"name":"Joanne Darke","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/#\/schema\/person\/b1544ff66d5237c9843e16a8df8c3dcd"},"headline":"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest","datePublished":"2024-04-12T02:32:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-12T02:34:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/"},"wordCount":379,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg","articleSection":["Campuses","Melbourne","Student Life"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/","url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/","name":"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest - MyLaTrobe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-12T02:32:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-12T02:34:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/#\/schema\/person\/b1544ff66d5237c9843e16a8df8c3dcd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg","width":650,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/emus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New emus welcomed to the La Trobe nest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/","name":"MyLaTrobe","description":"For all of your student updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/#\/schema\/person\/b1544ff66d5237c9843e16a8df8c3dcd","name":"Joanne Darke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/854a548a027f49aa00c0e03dbcef574c3f03be3b0e9e6daa1be7f6ef901063b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/854a548a027f49aa00c0e03dbcef574c3f03be3b0e9e6daa1be7f6ef901063b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/854a548a027f49aa00c0e03dbcef574c3f03be3b0e9e6daa1be7f6ef901063b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Joanne Darke"},"url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/author\/jdarke\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WP-Emu.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saE3kX-emus","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44507"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44533,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507\/revisions\/44533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/mylatrobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}