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MARALINGA'S LONG SHADOW: YVONNE'S STORY 
Author:   Christobel Mattingley    Author info     
RRP:   $19.99
Online Price :  $18.00
10+ Copy Price :  $17.00         
Format:   Paperback 
Type of Book:   Aboriginal Information 
Age:   13+ 
ISBN:   9781760290177
Category:   Aboriginal Studies
Family Unit
Community
Land Rights
Environment
Belonging
Resilience
Nuclear Testing
Published:   20/01/2016
Status:   Subject To Availability
This title has not been ordered recently, therefore the availability with the publisher is unknown. This title is likely to be available, publishers will either supply stock immediately or provide a status report. This title can be ordered.


DESCRIPTION:

The powerful story of Yvonne Edwards, artist and community leader, who lived on or near the Maralinga lands, and the cost of the fall-out for herself and her family from the nuclear tests in the 1950s. 'Grandfather and Grandmother telling lots of stories. They had to live at Yalata. Their home was bombed. That was their home where the bomb went off. They thought it was mamu tjuta, evil spirits, coming. Everyone was frightened, thinking about people back in the bush. Didn't know what bomb was. Later told it was poison. Parents and grandparents really wanted to go home, used to talk all the time to get their land back.' Yvonne Edwards was just six years old when the first bombs of the nuclear tests at Maralinga were detonated in 1956. The tests continued until 1963 and their consequences profoundly affected her family and community. This powerful book, by award-winning author Christobel Mattingley, honours Yvonne Edwards' legacy as a highly respected artist and community elder. 208 pages



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