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The Secret of Emu Field - Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia (Paperback)
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The Secret of Emu Field - Britain's forgotten atomic tests in Australia (Paperback)
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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 did a
terrifying black mist speed across the land after an atomic bomb
detonation, bringing death and sickness to Aboriginal populations
in its path. Emu Field was difficult and inaccessible. So why did
the British go there at all, when they knew that they wouldn't
stay? What happened to the air force crew who flew through the
atomic clouds? And why is Emu Field considered the 'Marie Celeste'
of atomic test sites, abandoned quickly after the expense and
effort of setting it up? Elizabeth Tynan, the award-winning author
of Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story, reveals a story of a
cataclysmic collision between an ancient Aboriginal land and the
post-war Britain of Winston Churchill and his gung-ho scientific
advisor Frederick Lindemann. The presence of local A?angu people
did not interfere with Churchill's geopolitical aims and they are
still paying the price. The British undertook Operation Totem at
Emu Field under cover of extreme remoteness and secrecy, a shroud
of mystery that continues to this day.
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