Maralinga
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Maralinga is a desert area around 3,300 square kilometres large located in the west of South Australia, within the Great Victoria Desert. The area is best known for being the location of several Briti
Landscape of Maralinga site
British nuclear test Operation Buffalo at Maralinga in 1956
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 north west of Adelaide. Two m
Maralinga
…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. In January 1985, in recognition of their native title, freehold title was granted to the Maralinga Tjarutja, a southern Pitjantjatjara…
Buffalo R4/Breakaway nuclear test
The United Kingdom Minister of Defence, Duncan Sandys (centre) meets with Howard Beale (right), the Australian Minister for Supply in August 1957.
Emu-Ooldea-Tietkens Well reconnaissance
Cutting a temporary access road from Watson to Tietkens Well