Maralinga : the chilling expose of our secret nuclear shame and betrayal of our troops and country
Walker, Frank, (Frank William)2014
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The facts are shocking, the treachery is chilling & the fallout ongoing. During the 1950s-60s, with the blessing of Prime Minister Robert Menzies, the British government used Australia as its nuclear laboratory to explode atomic bombs.
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Sydney : Hachette Australia, 2014
Collation:
340 p ages : illustrations, (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Location of key places and test sites -- Direction of fallout -- Prologue -- Of course you can explode your atom bombs in Australia -- 'The sight before our eyes was terrifying' -- 'Flying into the gates of hell' -- The mystery of the black mist -- A 'beautiful' bomb -- Maralinga guinea pigs -- 'The Earth itself looked as though it was boiling' -- 'You never saw those Aborigines, and that's an order!' -- Minor, secret and very dirty -- Whistleblower heroes -- Diamond Jim takes on the Poms -- The baby body snatchers -- 'What did the bastards do to us?' -- The dirty clean-up -- The fight goes on -- Back to the future, the outback as nuclear waste dump -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Nuclear tests -- Appendix 2 Nuclear timeline -- Appendix 3 Conclusions of the Royal Commission -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements.
ISBN:
9780733631900 (paperback)
Dewey class:
363.1799 MAR
Local class:
363.1799
Language:
English
Subject:
British nuclear weapons tests -- Australia -- HistoryBritish nuclear weapons tests -- Australia -- Health aspectsAtomic bomb -- Maralinga (South Australia) -- TestingSoldiers -- Wounds and injuries -- Australia -- TreatmentNuclear weapons testing victims -- Maralinga (South Australia)British nuclear weapons tests -- Maralinga (South Australia) -- HistoryAboriginal Australians -- Maralinga region (South Australia)Radiation -- Health aspectsRadioactive and nuclear fallout -- Australia -- HistoryRadioactive and nuclear fallout -- Australia -- Health aspectsVictims of nuclear weapons tests -- AustraliaNuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspectsMaralinga region (South Australia) -- History
BRN:
64332
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