Nuclear Archipelago
Secrets, Power and the Biggest Atomic Blast in Australia
$40.81
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2026
Summary
The final book in Elizabeth Tynan’s landmark trilogy on the history of British nuclear testing in Australia.
Nuclear Archipelago tells the shocking story of the two British atomic weapons test series held at Western Australia’s Monte Bello Islands in 1952 and 1956. Operation Hurricane and Operation Mosaic took place at a rugged archipelago 100 kilometres off the Pilbara coast, and each of the three bombs sent fallout over vast distances across the country. On…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761170218 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 176117021X |
| Author: | Elizbeth Tynan |
| Publisher: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Imprint: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 486g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 154mm x 234mm |
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Elizbeth Tynan
Elizabeth Tynan is professor in the Graduate Research School at James Cook University, Townsville. She is a prominent writer and researcher of the era of British atomic testing in Australia. Her book Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story (NewSouth, 2016) won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award (Australian History) and the CHASS Australia Book Prize in 2017. Her follow-up book The Secret of Emu Field: Britain’s Forgotten Atomic Tests in Australia was published by NewSouth in 2022.
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