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'The powerful story of Yvonne Edwards, artist and community leader, who lived on or near the Maralinga lands, and the cost of the fall-out for herself and her family from the nuclear tests in the 1950s.

''Grandfather and Grandmother telling lots of stories. They had to live at Yalata. Their home was bombed. That was their home where the bomb went off. They thought it was mamu tjuta, evil spirits, coming. Everyone was frightened, thinking about people back in the bush. Didn't know what bomb was. Later told it was poison. Parents and grandparents really wanted to go home, used to talk all the time to get their land back.'

'Yvonne Edwards was just six years old when the first bombs of the nuclear tests at Maralinga were detonated in 1956. The tests continued until 1963 and their consequences profoundly affected her family and community.

'This powerful book, by award-winning author Christobel Mattingley, honours Yvonne Edwards' legacy as a highly respected artist and community elder.' (Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2016 .
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      Extent: 208p.
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      • Published April 2016
      ISBN: 9781760290177

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Works about this Work

Maralinga’s Long Shadow : Yvonne’s Story by Christobel Mattingley Dianne Bates , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2016;

— Review of Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
Review : Maralinga's Long Shadow Helen Purdie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
Well Read : Garner's Personal Prose Invites Us In Katharine England , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 April 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Everywhere I Look Helen Garner , 2016 selected work essay ; Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
[Review] Christobel Mattingley, Maralinga's Long Shadow Kathleen Steele , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 9 no. 1 2016;

— Review of Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
Well Read : Garner's Personal Prose Invites Us In Katharine England , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 April 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Everywhere I Look Helen Garner , 2016 selected work essay ; Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
Review : Maralinga's Long Shadow Helen Purdie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
Maralinga’s Long Shadow : Yvonne’s Story by Christobel Mattingley Dianne Bates , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2016;

— Review of Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
[Review] Christobel Mattingley, Maralinga's Long Shadow Kathleen Steele , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 9 no. 1 2016;

— Review of Maralinga's Long Shadow : Yvonne's Story Christobel Mattingley , 2016 single work biography
Last amended 31 Jul 2019 12:04:13
Subjects:
  • Maralinga, North West South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
  • 1956-1963
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