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953 - 1963 - BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS AT MARALINGA :- The Ooldea Reserve is closed to make way for the atomic testing, and residents are removed to Yalata, South of the Reserve. Between 1953 and 1957, the British Government exploded a number of nuclear weapons at the Emu and Maralinga testing sites in the far west of South Australia, resulting in widespread and serious radioactive contamination of the land. However, Aboriginal people living traditionally are not informed of the atomic tests and are exposed to high levels of radiation from the blasts. Many of those exposed contracted cancers and skin irritations and blindness. Signs were put up in the area warning of radiation. However, the signs were in English !
He was afraid about what had happened during the tests, and mentioned that there had been many unexplained deaths amongst his co-workers from that time.
Originally posted by Aztec
He said that the first bomb was set up to detonate in the middle of forest, which was filled with aboriginal tribes people.