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- Maralinga - Wikipedia
Maralinga is a desert area around 3,300 square kilometres (1,300 sq mi) large located in the west of South Australia, within the Great Victoria Desert The area is best known for being the location of several British nuclear tests in the 1950s
- The lesser known history of the Maralinga nuclear tests — and what its . . .
Maralinga is 54 kilometres north-west of Ooldea, in South Australia's remote Great Victoria Desert Between 1956 and 1963 the British detonated seven atomic bombs at the site; one was twice the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
- Maralinga: Field of thunder - Australian Geographic
Authorities named it Maralinga, a word borrowed from Garik, or Garig – a Northern Territory language – that roughly translates to “field of thunder” Construction began on an air strip and test site called Section 400 Maralinga was located on the lands of the Anangu, comprising several First Nations groups
- Maralinga - Australian Nuclear and Uranium Sites
Maralinga The British government military conducted seven nuclear weapons tests at Maralinga in 1956-57 (and two tests at nearby Emu Fields) Maralinga was also the site of a large number of ‘minor trials’ or ‘safety tests’ which resulted in extensive local radioactive contamination
- Maralinga - History Hub
Maralinga enjoyed strong support from both the Menzies and Playford governments, and contemporary public opinion, except on the political left, endorsed the strategic necessity of the tests
- Maralinga - The Australian Museum
Yami Lester’s most significant contribution to the rights of Aboriginal people was in helping gain public recognition for the effects of the atomic tests at Maralinga and an acknowledgement of the catastrophic ways in which Aboriginal people had been affected
- Maralinga nuclear tests: A dark chapter in Australias atomic age
Learn how the British nuclear tests at Maralinga from 1956–1963 displaced Indigenous communities, caused lasting radiation damage, and sparked public outcry in Australia
- British nuclear tests at Maralinga - Wikipedia
Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi) north west of Adelaide Two major test series were conducted: Operation Buffalo in 1956 and Operation Antler the following year
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