Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story / Christobel Mattingley
- Bib ID:
- 7011426
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mattingley, Christobel, 1931-2019, author
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2016
- ©2016
- 197 pages : color illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760290177 (paperback)
- Summary:
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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.
- Notes:
- Includes index and bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Edwards, Yvonne
- Anangu (Australian people) -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Pitjantjatjara (Australian people) -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Pitjantjatjara (Australian people) -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Juvenile literature
- Atomic bomb -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Testing -- Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- Maralinga Region -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Atomic bomb -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Testing -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Defence - Missile and weapons testing - Nuclear weapons
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Art - Artists - Women
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Social organisation - Kinship
- Health - Cancer
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Race relations - Reconciliation
- Community organisations - Land rights
- Maralinga Region (S. Aust.) -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Maralinga (S.A.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Maralinga (Far West SA SH52-12)
- Ooldea (Far West SA SH52-12)
- South Australia (SA)
- Yalata (Far West SA Nullarbor SH52-16, Nullarbor SH53-13)
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Yvonne's story
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2089 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2019
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
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