effectiveness of 225
Hurricane tests and 213–218, 220–221
media compliance with 201, 209–210, 225, 269
Menzies’ input 209, 213, 217
preferential treatment for British media 215–217
press criticisms of 217–221
topics covered 215, 224
Totem tests and 221–222
in United Kingdom 205, 206
US press agencies and 219, 220–221
Davoren, Pat 281, 282, 290
Davy, Des 295
De Bruin, HJ 252
de Burgh, EC 217–218
Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952: 69, 89
Defence Department see Department of Defence
Defence, Press and Broadcasting
Committee 210, 213–214, 223–224
defence science in Australia 207–208
Defence Scientific Adviser 141, 147–149
Department of Defence 94–95, 167–168, 211, 252, 254, 255, 262, 263, 266
Department of Foreign Affairs 253
Department of Supply 94–95, 96–97, 128, 168, 178
deterministic effect 131, 313g
‘discrete mass’ of buried plutonium
presence of 255–256, 259–260, 262, 264
repatriation to the UK of 121, 137, 255–256, 259, 267, 292
terrorist threat posed by 255, 257–262
dosimeters 81–82, 160, 314g
Doutreband, R 209–210
Dudgeon, Henry 260
Duguid, Charles 177, 188, 195
Dunstan, Don 264, 267
duplicity see cover-ups and deception
Durance, Richard (Dick) 97, 163
Dutsche, E 252
Dwyer, LJ 141
Eames, Geoff 244
Eddy, Cecil 141
Eden, Anthony 93, 157
Edwards, Edward 241
Einstein, Albert 35–39
Eisenhower, Dwight 126
Elkin, AP 177
Emu Field
clean-up activities 229, 234, 237
concern for Indigenous people’s safety 173–176
Kittens tests 82–83, 94, 118, 237
Operation Totem tests 78–82
selection as test site 74–79
Ernabella Mission Aborigines
dislocation of 176
‘mystery disease’ among 194
radiation threat to 178, 180, 186, 191
see also Milpuddie family
espionage see spies and espionage
Evans, Gareth 267, 276, 283, 288
Evatt, HV (‘Doc’) 88–89, 108–109
Evetts, JF 207
Facing the Atomic Future (Titterton) 149–150
Fadden, Arthur 68, 88–89, 221–222, 223
Fairhall, Allen 164, 167
fallout 314g
Kerr Report on 270
Marston’s measurements 152–153
monitoring of 187
Titterton on dangers of 250
see also radioactive clouds; radioactive contamination
Farmer, Richard 223
Farrands, John 254
feather beds 12, 25, 115, 120, 121, 129, 137, 314g
Fernandez, Roy 253
film badges 81, 104, 105, 155, 160, 242, 314g
Financial Review see Australian Financial Review
fission see nuclear fission
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) 260, 308–309
Four Corners 17
Fraser, Malcolm 262, 264, 267
Fremantle, HMAS 86
Frisch, Otto 38, 39, 41–42
Frisch–Peierls Memorandum 39–41, 44
Fuchs, Klaus 46, 57–58, 59, 62
fusion 84, 157, 315g
G1 and G2 see Operation Mosaic
gamma radiation 13, 315g
Garland, Vic 249–250, 264
GEN.75: 55–56
GEN.163: 58–59, 71, 307
Geneva Agreement 112, 125, 126, 129, 132, 133, 135, 225
see also moratorium on nuclear weapons testing
Gerard 176
Giles weather station 170–171,184
Gorton, John 244
Gowing, Margaret 36, 42, 44, 54, 59, 65, 300
Green, Jim 301
Groves, Leslie 46, 48
H-bomb see hydrogen bomb
Hahn, Otto 36
Hailstone, Barry 252
half-life 24, 315g
Hall, Theodore (Ted) 50, 58
Hamilton, Archie 276, 289, 291–292
Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Hayden, Bill 254, 264
heavy water 43, 157
HER (High Explosive Research) 59, 307
Herald (Melbourne) 89, 212
Hercules 5: see Operation Hercules
Hermite Island (Monte Bello) 70
High Explosive Research (HER) 58–59, 307
Hindson, Matthew 310
Hinton, Christopher 54
Hiroshima 2, 8, 35, 48–49, 299
Hollis, Roger 58
Holt, Harold 223
Howard, John 301, 305
Hudson, Avon 17, 118, 137, 251–252, 269, 306
Hudson, Hugh 252
Hurricane see Operation Hurricane
Hyde Park Agreement 49
hydrogen bomb
British tests in Pacific 16, 106, 110, 154
veto on testing in Australia 85, 93–94, 150
IAEA see International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection) 122, 127, 238, 301
in situ vitrification (ISV) 283, 301
Indigenous people
‘black mist’ phenomenon and 196–199
compensation paid to 174
concern for in test planning 170–173, 188, 191
Giles weather station and 170–171, 183
legal and political status 171
Maralinga Tjarutja people 14, 174, 176, 272, 283
numbers at risk 172, 180, 186
parliamentary questions on safety of 194, 195–196
protests in London by 289–290
radioactive contamination of 192–194, 196–199, 283, 292
removal from test sites 174, 176, 183, 191–193, 195–196
significance of Ooldea for 175–176, 182–183
social disruption and dislocation 176–178, 179–180, 181,184–185, 187, 189
traditional ways of life 173, 175, 177, 185
Woomera rocket project and 177
see also Ernabella Mission Aborigines; MacDougall, Walter; Milpuddie family
Indoctrinee Force 102–106, 112
information management 308–309 see also media management
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 125, 253, 256, 257, 301
International Commission on Radiological Protection 122, 127, 238, 301
international law
minor trials and 121, 125–126, 129, 132–135, 240, 250–251, 254, 268
major trials and 112, 126, 225
Non-Proliferation Treaty 30, 256
investigative reporting 248
see also Anderson, Ian; Toohey, Brian
ionising radiation 122, 130, 315g
Jehu, Iyer 107
Johnstone, Richard (Ric) 269
Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) 213–214, 223
Jones, Philip 288
Jones, WE 129
Junee, HMAS 86
Karangi, HMAS 64–65, 68, 86
Keating, Paul 30
Kennedy, Eric 209
Kerr, Charles 269
Kerr Report 176, 270
Killen, Jim 249, 250–251, 253, 254–256, 258–259, 261–263, 266
Kittens trials 82–83, 94, 118
Knott, John 168
Kwinana Construction Company 93
The Lancet 194
Langley, Paul 198
Lawrence, Ernest 49
Lennon, Lallie 197, 198
Lester, Yami 80, 197–198
Lim, Jay 308–309
Lloyd-Roberts, Sue 20
Lokan, Keith 15, 20, 131, 245
Long Range Weapons Establishment (LRWE) 75