Maralinga : the struggle for return of the lands
Hiskey, Garry2021
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The British government notoriously conducted a series of atomic bomb tests in South Australia's Maralinga lands during the 1950s and 1960s. The traditional owners were moved to Yalata, within a kilometre or so of the main highway from Adelaide to Perth. Estranged from their lands and unable to visit their sacred sites or attend to the ritual obligations owed to the lands, the Yalata community became a troubled one. A legal battle began in 1980 to enable these past injustices to be remedied. Young lawyer Garry Hiskey, senior solicitor for the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, was assigned to the case. This is his story of the fight to return the Maralinga lands to their original owners, helping them gain an inalienable freehold title to some 76,000 square kilometres of land. It's a story of intrigue, divided loyalties, political controversy, voting rights, and of a mining company finding itself the meat in the sandwich in a battle of wills as to who should be permitted to explore and mine the lands on which the customs and beliefs of Anangu were based.
Main title:
Maralinga : the struggle for return of the lands / Garry Hiskey.
Author:
Hiskey, Garry, author
Imprint:
Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2021.©2021
Collation:
xiv, 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781743057254 (pbk)9781743057254
Dewey class:
994.238
Language:
English
Subject:
Hiskey, GarryAboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- South Australia -- MaralingaAboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- South Australia -- MaralingaAtomic bomb -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- TestingAboriginal Australians -- Civil rightsAboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etcMaralinga (S.A.) -- HistoryAustralia -- Politics and government -- 1945-Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
BRN:
403070
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | History | 994.238 HIS | Available |