Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story / Christobel Mattingley.
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TextPublisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 197 pages : color illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760290177; 9781743368220Other title: Yvonne's storySubject(s): Edwards, Yvonne -- Juvenile literature | Pitjantjatjara (Australian people) -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Atomic bomb -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Testing -- Juvenile literature | Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Maralinga (S.A.) -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Biographies. DDC classification: 994.2380049915 Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Northam Junior Non Fiction | Australian Stories | JB EDW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111063035453 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Young adult.
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.
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