Totem and Ore

Totem and Ore

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publisher = Carnegie, Vic. : Dingo Books
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"Totem and Ore" is B Wongar's latest book. It is an A4 coffee table format book which has a number of photos which show the effect of the British nuclear testing on the aboriginal people of Australia during the 1950s and 60s. There is also a foreword which talks about the devastation of nuclear weapons in Australia and recent conflicts.

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The Australian Aborigines are the only people who have lived through a duel nuclear tragedy, the mining of uranium and the subsequent British nuclear testing, both of which took place on tribal land. The photographs of Totem and Ore collection tell what it was like to be at the forefront of the tragedy.

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* [http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an000040312016 Bibliographic record at Libraries Australia]


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