Links
There are many websites, which tell the history of the development of the atomic bomb, inform about nuclear issues or call to action. The selection below is neither comprehensive nor is it a ‘balanced view’. It is a point of entry. Start here:
Highly recommended link:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/a-treaty-to-ban-nuclear-weapons/8742524
Professor Ramesh Thakur, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Australian National University about the recent negotiations for a treaty to ban the bomb and the refusal of nine nuclear arms states and their allies, including Australia, to attend. Ramesh Thakur says that this boycott was an open act of defiance and disrespect of a multilateral mandated disarmament process.
The talk was presented under the title The UN Conference to Ban the Bomb: An Asia-Pacific Perspective by Griffith University, the United Nations Association of Australia and Justices of the Peace Queensland in July 2017 and provides an excellent overview at the current state nuclear disarmament efforts.
Nuclear Dissent
Interactive history of the nuclear testing in the South Pacific
www.nucleardissent.com/intro
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has been tracking the development of the atomic bomb since 1945
www.thebulletin.org/overview
Overview
www.atomicarchive.com/historymenu.shtml
Images and videos of nuclear weapons tests
www.britannica.com/technology/nuclear-weapon/images-videos/A-test-of-a-US-thermonuclear-weapon-at-Enewetak-atoll/100243
ICAN timeline
www.icanw.org/the-facts/the-nuclear-age/
Arms Control timeline
www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclear-Testing-and-Comprehensive-Test-Ban-Treaty-CTBT-Timeline
Time line of Nuclear explosions
www.ctbto.org/map/
Isao Hashimoto’s animated movie of atomic tests from 1945 onward
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnqRQg-W0k
Maps
www.australianmap.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/australianmap-final.pdf
Report of the 1985 Royal Commission into the British Nuclear Tests in Australia (McClelland Commission)
www.industry.gov.au/resource/Documents/radioactive_waste/RoyalCommissioninToBritishNucleartestsinAustraliaVol%201.pdf
ICAN’s Black Mist White Rain speaking tour
www.icanw.org/au/bmwr
Bobby Brown Homelands
vimeo.com/119231410 or https://ictv.com.au/video/item/3989
Black Mist Burnt Country artists talk about their work in the exhibition
www.youtube.com/channel/UC83rodyxp1-df0Hp8EjG3oA
On Maralinga
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/travel/destinations/2010/05/woomera-nuclear-danger-zone
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2016/09/australias-nuclear-tourist-hot-spot
Australia has opted out of talks taking place at the UN to try and establish laws to prohibit nuclear weapons worldwide.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/nuclear-test-ban-treaty/8635860
Elizabeth Tynan, Author of Atomic Thunder – The Maralinga Story in conversation with Sarah Kanowski
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/conversations-liz-tynan-rpt/8623234
Central Desert artists and the story of atomic testing
https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4602/collisions-the-martu-respond-to-maralinga/
Ban Nuclear Weapons info booklet
ICAN brochure
The Land that nobody wants
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-land-that-nobody-wants-20030322-gdggxw.html
Australia is still dealing with the legacy of the UK’s nuclear bomb tests, 65 years on
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/14/australia/australia-uk-nuclear-tests-anniversary-intl/index.html
Defining Moments: Maralinga
http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/maralinga
Interactive Missilemap
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/
Interactive Nukemap
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Other sites
www.acfonline.org.au/be-informed/northern-australia-nuclear-free