Mattingley, Christobel,  1931- <br/><br/>
Maralinga's long shadow :  Yvonne's story / 
 Yvonne's story. 
Christobel Mattingley. 
 - 197 pages :  color illustrations, map, portraits ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Young adult. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781760290177 9781743368220 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Edwards, Yvonne--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pitjantjatjara (Australian people)--South Australia--Maralinga--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Atomic bomb--Testing--South Australia--Maralinga--Juvenile literature.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--South Australia--Maralinga--Biography--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Maralinga (S.A.)--History--Biography--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>994.2380049915