‘National heroes not national villains’: South Australia and the atomic age (Celebrating South Australia)

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‘National heroes not national villains’: South Australia and the atomic age

Bernard O'Neil

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This essay was first published as ch 8 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia, Adelaide. APH, 1996, pp.155-176.

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Tags: ASIO, atomic age, Dickenson Ben, Duguid Charles, Geological Survey Laboratories, Housing Trust, McEwin Sir Lyell, Menzies Robert, Mines Department, mining town, nuclear power, Playford Tom, Radium Hill, South Australian Peace Council, Sprigg Reg, uranium, Webb Bruce

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