Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story
Mattingley, Christobel, 1931-2016
Book
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.
Main title:
Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story / Christobel Mattingley.
Author:
Mattingley, Christobel, 1931-, author
Imprint:
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, 2016.©2016
Collation:
197 pages : colour illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm.
Variant title:
Other title: Yvonne's story
Notes:
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Contents:
Ch. One Before Maralinga -- ch. Two A special baby is born -- ch. Three Life at Ooldea -- ch. Four Maralinga -- ch. Five Childhood -- good times and bad -- ch. Six Atom bombs on Anangu lands -- ch. Seven Michael -- ch. Eight Marriage and Maralinga -- ch. Nine Refugees, prisoners, and rebuilders of community -- ch. Ten Yvonne the artist -- ch. Eleven Mother to many -- caring and sharing -- ch. Twelve The lost is found -- ch. Thirteen The happiest years -- Michael -- ch. Fourteen Cancer and the cemetery -- ch. Fifteen Another loss -- ch. Sixteen Maralinga's long shadow -- ch. Seventeen Too young to die.
ISBN:
97817602901771760290173
Dewey class:
994.23004915
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Edwards, YvonneAnangu (Australian people) -- History -- BiographyPitjantjatjara (Australian people)Anangu (Australian people)Pitjantjatjara (Australian people) -- South Australia -- MaralingaAboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- Maralinga Region -- BiographyAtomic bomb -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- TestingPitjantjatjara (Australian people) -- History -- BiographyMaralinga (S.A.) -- History
BRN:
319341