Lowe, Peter 103–106
Macaulay, Bert 184–185, 188, 195
MacCallum, Mungo 262–263
MacDougall, Walter
on Aboriginal social dislocation 179–180, 187, 189
compassion for Indigenous people 178–179, 189
as Native Patrol Officer 80, 178–183, 184, 185–188, 191
opposition to Giles weather station 170–171, 184
Madigan, Michele 198
major trials
defined 315–316g
list of sites and dates 312
see also Operation Antler; Operation Buffalo; Operation Hurricane; Operation Mosaic; Operation Totem
Malone, Paul 32, 273
Manhattan Project
British physicists’ role 34–35, 45
development of the atomic bomb 2, 8, 34–35, 45–46
role of secrecy 46–47
Maralinga (musical composition) 310
Maralinga (Nunn) 310
Maralinga (play) 310
Maralinga (Walker) 306
Maralinga Board of Management 97
Maralinga Consultative Group 272, 283
Maralinga Experimental Programme 118–119, 133, 165, 167
Maralinga guinea pigs 102–106
Maralinga My Love (Johnston) 310
Maralinga rehabilitation see clean-up activities
Maralinga Rehabilitation Technical Advisory Committee (MARTAC) 229, 282, 301–302, 307
Maralinga site
location xvi, 11–12
management 97
naming 1–2, 93
number of personnel at 97–98
search for and development of 92–93, 96
see also clean-up activities; plutonium residues at Maralinga
Maralinga tests
Australian scientists’ participation in 96
demands for full inquiry 264, 270
formal UK–Australia agreement (1956) 4–5, 93–96, 227, 292
observers’ access to 215, 216–217, 222
responsibility for radiological safety 97–98
violation of agreed firing conditions 100–102
see also Kittens trials; Operation Antler; Operation Buffalo; plutonium residues at Maralinga; radioactive contamination; Rats trials; Tims trials; Vixen A trials; Vixen B trials
Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 174
Maralinga Tjarutja people 14, 174, 176, 272, 283
Maralinga Tours 199, 306
Marcoo test site 100, 103, 192, 234, 238
Marla Bore 174, 271
Marqueur, Rudi 192
Marston, Hedley 7, 151–153
MARTAC (Maralinga Rehabilitation Technical Advisory Committee) 229, 281, 282, 301–302, 307
Martell, Hugh 157–158, 173
Martin, Leslie
as chair of AWTSC 88, 141, 152, 155–156, 158–159, 169, 277
as Defence Scientific Adviser 77, 94, 141, 147–149
National Radiation Advisory Committee and 161
Matthewman, Albert 154
Maud Committee 35, 41–45, 53, 54, 56, 60
Mayes, Kym 289
Mazel, Odette 175, 176
McBride, PA 68, 146, 210, 213–214
McCadden, GE 220
McClellan, Peter 73, 117, 129, 133, 230, 240, 243
McClelland, James 31, 66, 136, 143–144, 162, 164, 171, 271–272
McClelland Royal Commission see Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia
McGowan, Peter 301
McLean, JT 116
McMahon Act 50, 53, 58, 62, 90, 135
McRae, Isabelle 308
measles epidemic 194, 198
media management
by Beale 72–73, 87–89, 107, 108–109, 112
alleged preferential treatment for British media 215–216, 217
public relations aspects 107, 213, 216, 219–220
of Vixen B trials 116–117, 124–125
see also D-notice system
media reporting
overview 8–9, 14–15, 17–18, 125, 248–249
of British deceit 288–289, 291–294
of Mosaic G2 fallout 88–89
of New Scientist story 289, 293–294
of radioactive contamination 248–249, 250, 251–254, 256–263, 265–266
of sampling babies’ bones 302–303
of Vixen B trials 124–126, 225
see also D-notice system; Anderson, Ian; Toohey, Brian; names of specific newspapers
Meitner, Lise 36, 38, 41
Memorandum of Arrangements (1956) 93–94, 227, 292
Menzies, Robert
acceptance of Attlee’s request 3–4, 6, 64, 67–68
on AWTSC membership 146–147
concern for Indigenous people’s safety 172
national security issues and 202–204
implementation of D-notice system by 209, 213, 217
on safety for Mosaic tests 153
signs formal agreement with UK (1956) 93–95
MEP (Maralinga Experimental Programme) 118–119, 133, 165, 167
Mildura, HMAS 68
Military Application of Uranium Detonation (MAUD) Committee see Maud Committee
Milliken, Robert 123, 143, 144, 149, 246
Milpuddie family 192–193, 196
minor trials
Australian government’s lack of information about 31, 228
as breach of moratorium on nuclear weapons testing 121, 126, 129, 132–135, 240, 250–251, 254, 268
defined 316g
Indigenous people’s safety 195
Kittens 82–83, 94, 118
list of sites and dates 312
lack of media attention 125, 225
Rats 118
secrecy 116–117, 119, 124–125, 151
significance 116–118
Tims 118, 120, 255–256
Vixen A 127–128
see also Vixen B trials
Mintabie 197
Monte Bello Islands
clean-up operation 245–246
as prohibited area 69
selection and preparation of site 64–65, 68–70
Monte Bello tests
radioactive clouds 70, 87–89,112
secrecy surrounding 64–65, 68
see also Operation Hurricane; Operation Mosaic
moratorium on nuclear weapons testing
effect on major trials 112, 126, 225
informal UK/US/USSR agreement (1958) 126, 269
minor trials as breach of 121, 125–126, 129, 132–135, 240, 250–251, 254, 268
Moroney, John
analysis of Roller Coaster data 277–281, 283
anger at British deceit 279, 283–284, 287
as AWSTC secretary 16, 67, 151, 194, 228, 233–234, 235–237, 239
as source for New Scientist story 278, 281–282, 286–287
on Vixen tests 121, 129, 136, 146
Mosaic G1 and G2: 85–88, 109–110
Mount Lindsay 227
mushroom clouds 98–99
Nagasaki 2, 8, 35, 48–49, 57, 59, 299, 307
Narvik, HMS 71, 155, 156–157
National Radiation Advisory Committee (NRAC) 161
National Times 31, 265–266
Native Patrol Officers 178, 184
New Journalist 269
New Scientist story
Anderson’s investigative reporting 275–277, 284–287, 295–296
impact on compensation negotiations 287–289, 290–291, 294–295
media discussion of 289, 293–294
Moroney’s contribution to 278, 281–282, 286–287
Newman, Kevin 253, 266
News 253–254
Newton, John 142
Ngapartji Ngapartji (play) 310
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 30, 256
nuclear colonialism 3–5, 9–10, 171, 276, 300–301
nuclear espionage see spies and espionage
nuclear fission 36–38, 43, 54, 9, 157, 314g
nuclear physics research 5–6, 7, 22–23, 34, 36–40