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

Author: Elizabeth Tynan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 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 speed across the land after an atomic bomb detonation, bringing death and sickness to Aboriginal populations in its...Read more