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Atomic thunder : the Maralinga story
- Title
- Atomic thunder : the Maralinga story / Elizabeth Tynan.
- Author
- Tynan, Elizabeth
- Publication
- Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xv, 373 pages : maps; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Australia > Politics and government > 1945-1965
- Cold War
- Nuclear weapons > Great Britain > Testing
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-1964
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of > Australia > South Australia > Maralinga
- Maralinga (S.A.)
- Radioactive pollution > Australia > South Australia > Maralinga
- Note
- Includes index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-692
- ISBN
- 9781742234281
- 1742234283
- OCLC
- 937981551
- Author
- Tynan, Elizabeth, author.
- Title
- Atomic thunder : the Maralinga story / Elizabeth Tynan.
- Publisher
- Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-692