Between 1956 and 1963, when the British government tested nuclear weapons in outback South Australia, Maralinga was home to thousands of soldiers and scientists. The land was taken from its ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Outback Australia isn't exactly the busiest place but around 70 years ago there were some big things ...

Drawn from a dark period of Australia’s cold war-era history, ABC TV’s new series never quite finds the balance between light and shade Ewen Leslie struts with a pep in his step in Operation Buffalo, ...

It seems remarkable today but less than 60 years ago, Britain was exploding nuclear bombs in the middle of Australia. In the mid-1950s, seven bombs were tested at Maralinga in the south-west ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Over successive Sunday nights, the ABC has premiered two important television programs recounting the history of nuclear testing in Australia – the documentary Maralinga ...

Maralinga, the deserted former military base in South Australia, has become ground zero for an unusual type of vacation. In a country best known for its white beaches and coral reefs, Mr Matthews ...

*This article contains images and names of people who have died. The burnt, barren trees in Blak Douglas’s Tjarutja Tragedy are bent, leaning to one side with their branches split in two representing ...