The Secret of Emu Field : Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia /

The Secret of Emu Field : Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia /

Emu Field is overshadowed by Maralinga, the larger and much more prominent British atomic test site about 193 kilometres to the south. But Emu Field has its own secrets, and the fact that it was largely forgotten makes it more intriguing. Only at Emu Field in October 1953 did a terrifying black mist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tynan, Elizabeth (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kensington, NSW : NewSouth Books, 2022
Sydney : NewSouth, 2022
Subjects:
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > South Australia > Emu > Effect of radioactive pollution of soils on
Aboriginal Australians > South Australia > Emu > Effect of radioactive pollution of soils on
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of > Australia > South Australia
Atomic bomb > Blast effect
Cold War
Nuclear weapons > Testing
Nuclear weapons > Great Britain > Testing
Radioactive fallout > Physiological effect > Australia > South Australia
Radioactive pollution > Australia > South Australia
Armes nucléaires > Essais
Attitudes envers les Australiens (Aborigènes) > Australie > Australie-Méridionale
Bombe atomique > Effet de souffle
Guerre froide
Pollution radioactive > Australie > Australie-Méridionale
Retombées radioactives > Effets physiologiques > Australie > Australie-Méridionale
Radioactive fallout > Physiological effect
Australia > Politics and government > 1945-1965
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-1964
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1964
Australia
South Australia
History
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 Finding X200
  • 2. Why Emu?
  • 3. Towards A British `Austerity Bomb'
  • 4. Sound And Fury At Emu
  • 5. The Unknowable Black Mist
  • 6. Secrets And Safety Lies
  • 7. Flying Thr0U6H The Clouds
  • 8. The People S Witness
  • 9. Australia's Atomic Bargaining Chip
  • 10. Marie Celeste
  • 11. The Forgetting Of Emu.
  • 1 Finding X200
  • 2. Why Emu?
  • 3. Towards A British `Austerity Bomb'
  • 4. Sound And Fury At Emu
  • 5. The Unknowable Black Mist
  • 6. Secrets And Safety Lies
  • 7. Flying Thr0U6H The Clouds
  • 8. The People S Witness
  • 9. Australia's Atomic Bargaining Chip
  • 10. Marie Celeste
  • 11. The Forgetting Of Emu.

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