Bibliograph

Atomic Thunder, British Nuclear Testing in Australia, Elizabeth Tynan

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Atomic Thunder, British Nuclear Testing in Australia, Elizabeth Tynan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Atomic Thunder

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Tynan

Sub title

British Nuclear Testing in Australia

Summary

British nuclear testing took place at Maralinga, South Australia, between 1956 and 1963, after Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies had handed over 3,200 square kilometers of open desert to the British Government, without informing his own people. The atomic weapons test series wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities and turned the land into a radioactive wasteland. How did it come to pass that a democracy such as Australia suddenly found itself hosting another country's nuclear program? And why has it continued to be shrouded in mystery, even decades after the atomic thunder clouds stopped rolling across the South Australian test site? In this meticulously researched and shocking work, journalist and academic Elizabeth Tynan reveals the truth of what really happened at Maralinga and the devastating consequences of what took place there, not to mention the mess that was left behind

Target audience

adult

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