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Author Tynan, Elizabeth, author

Title Atomic thunder : the Maralinga story / Elizabeth Tynan
Published Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 373 pages) : illustrations
Contents Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 375; Pages:376 to 392
Summary In the 1950s Australian prime minister Robert Menzies blithely agreed to a series of British atomic test in the deserts of South Australia. These top-secret tests offered no benefit to Australia and left the public completely in the dark. This book reveals the devastating consequences of that decision
Analysis Australian
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-360) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain -- Testing.
Radioactive pollution -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.)
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.)
Cold War.
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Nuclear weapons -- Testing.
Politics and government.
Radioactive pollution.
Western Desert people
Defence -- Missile and weapons testing -- Nuclear weapons
Habitation -- Government settlements
SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009600
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056921
Maralinga (S.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82122158
Subject Australia.
Great Britain.
South Australia -- Maralinga.
Wallatinna (SA SG53-13)
Ooldea (Far West SA SH52-12)
Yalata (Far West SA Nullarbor SH52-16, Nullarbor SH53-13)
Oak Valley (Far West SA SH52-12)
Woomera (West SA SH53-16)
Maralinga (Far West SA SH52-12)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781742242446
1742242448
9781742247830
1742247830