TY - BOOK AU - Beadell,Len TI - Blast the bush SN - 9781864367362 U1 - 355.8251190994238 22 PY - 2012///], c1967 CY - Chatswood, N.S.W. PB - New Holland KW - Beadell, Len, KW - Atomic bomb KW - South Australia KW - Maralinga KW - Testing N1 - First published: 1967 N2 - PLACES & PEOPLES: GENERAL INTEREST. AUSTRALIAN. Len Beadell, called the last of the true Australian explorers, was born on a farm at West Pennant Hills. As a surveyor and road builder he worked all over the Australian outback, from Arnhem Land to the Gibson Desert. The author of seven best-selling books, he was married and had three children, all of whom have features in outback Australia named after them ER -