This song really rattles me. Maralinga was the site for British Atomic Tests in the 50s and 60s, and it appalls me to think of the damage that was wreaked by a programme that was eventually to prove pointless.
It was reported by scientists on the site that when they went to investigate Ground Zero for many tests, they discovered Aborigines camping in the craters caused by the explosions codenamed "Kittens" "Rats" "Vixens" or "Tims".
For further information on testing Britain's bomb, I recommend the book "Fields of Thunder" by Denis Blakeway and Sue Lloyd-Roberts.
This song really rattles me. Maralinga was the site for British Atomic Tests in the 50s and 60s, and it appalls me to think of the damage that was wreaked by a programme that was eventually to prove pointless.
It was reported by scientists on the site that when they went to investigate Ground Zero for many tests, they discovered Aborigines camping in the craters caused by the explosions codenamed "Kittens" "Rats" "Vixens" or "Tims".
For further information on testing Britain's bomb, I recommend the book "Fields of Thunder" by Denis Blakeway and Sue Lloyd-Roberts.
Thank god for bands like Midnight Oil
Couldn't have said it better myself. One of Midnight Oil's saddest, most beautiful and yet haunting songs.
Couldn't have said it better myself. One of Midnight Oil's saddest, most beautiful and yet haunting songs.