Atomic testing at Maralinga |
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| Title : | Atomic testing at Maralinga |
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| Source : | Advertiser, 28 September 1956, p. 1 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1956 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Front page of The Advertiser with various articles describing the first atomic tests at Maralinga, including an eye-witness account of the detonation. Maralinga, in South Australia's far west, was the site of a permanent proving ground for British atomic tests. During 1956 and 1957, seven atomic bombs and several hundred other atomic devices were exploded at Maralinga. |
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| Coverage year : | 1956 |
| Place : | Maralinga |
| Region : | Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast |
| Further reading : | Australia. Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia. The report of the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia, Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1985 Beadell, Len. Blast the bush, Adelaide: Rigby, 1986 Symonds, JL. A History of British atomic tests in Australia, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985 Tame, AS. Maralinga: British A-bomb, Australian legacy, [Sydney]: Fontana, 1982 |
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