| ISBN |
9781742234281 |
| Name |
Tynan, Elizabeth author. |
| Title |
Atomic thunder : the Maralinga story Elizabeth Tynan. |
| Portion of title |
Maralinga story |
| Published |
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2016. |
| Description |
xv, 373 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| With note |
DEF, SOC. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographic references (pages 321-360) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Maralinga buried, uncovered -- 2 Britain's stealthy march towards the bomb -- 3 Monte Bello and Emu Field -- 4 Mushroom clouds at Maralinga -- 5 Vixen Band other 'minor trials' -- 6 The Australian safety committee -- 7 Indigenous people and the bomb tests -- 8 D-notices and media self-censorship -- 9 Clean-ups and cover-ups -- 10 Media, politics and the Royal Commission -- 11 The Roller Coaster investigation -- 12 The remains of Maralinga -- Appendix: British atomic tests in Australia. |
| Summary |
In September 2016 it will be 60 years since the first British mushroom cloud rose above the plain at Maralinga in South Australia. The atomic weapons test series wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities and turned the land into a radioactive wasteland. In 1950 Australian prime minister Robert Menzies blithely agreed to atomic tests that offered no benefit to Australia and relinquished control over them -- and left the public completely in the dark. This book reveals the devastating consequences of that decision. This book is the most comprehensive account of the whole saga, from the time that the explosive potential of splitting uranium atoms was discovered, to the uncovering of the extensive secrecy around the British tests in Australia many years after the British had departed, leaving an unholy mess behind. |
| Subjects |
Menzies, Robert, -- Sir, 1894-1978 |
| Penney, William |
| Lester, Yami |
| Titterton, E. W. (Ernest William), 1916- |
| Beadell, Len, -- 1923-1995 |
| McClelland, J. R. (James Robert), 1915-1999 |
| MacDougall, Walter B. |
| Australia. -- Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia |
| Cold War (1945-1989) |
| Cold War (1945-1989) |
| Politics and government |
| Radioactive pollution |
| Cold War |
| Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Great Britain |
| Maralinga (S. Aust.) |
| History |
| Australia |
| 1945-1964 |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
- 1945-1964 .
- Australia .
- Australia. -- Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia .
- Beadell, Len, -- 1923-1995 .
- Cold War .
- Cold War (1945-1989) .
- History .
- Lester, Yami .
- MacDougall, Walter B. .
- Maralinga (S. Aust.) .
- McClelland, J. R. -- (James Robert), -- 1915-1999 .
- Menzies, Robert, -- Sir, -- 1894-1978 .
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Great Britain .
- Penney, William .
- Politics and government .
- Radioactive pollution .
- Titterton, E. W. -- (Ernest William), -- 1916- .
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