Totem and ore, a photographic collection, by B. Wongar
Type
Label
Totem and ore, a photographic collection, by B. Wongar
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 113
Illustrations
illustrationsportraits
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Totem and ore
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
by B. Wongar
Sub title
a photographic collection
Summary
Photographs by B. Wongar (formerly S. Bozic) depicting impact of uranium mining and nuclear weapons tesitng on Aboriginal people; brief history of the search for uranium in the Northern Territory; young Aboriginal men handled the horses for uranium prospecting team searching from Darwin to Katherine and east towards Arnhem Land; Bamyili meeting of 1974 with owners and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs; uranium mined in the 1950s returned for British nuclear testing program in central Australia; removal of Aboriginal people from the area; deaths of Aboriginal people and ex-servicemen; photographic collection from first expedition in the 1960s and second expedition in the 1970s
Creator
Subject
- Uranium mines and mining -- Northern Territory
- Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia, Central
- Alligator Rivers (Kakadu, NT SD53-01, SD53-05)
- Rum Jungle (NT Top End SD52-08)
- Photography
- Emu (Far West SA SH53-01)
- Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- Testing
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Pictorial works
- Defence - Missile and weapons testing - Nuclear weapons
- Mining industry - Uranium
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification3
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Uranium mines and mining -- Northern Territory
- Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia, Central
- Alligator Rivers (Kakadu, NT SD53-01, SD53-05)
- Rum Jungle (NT Top End SD52-08)
- Photography
- Emu (Far West SA SH53-01)
- Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- Testing
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Pictorial works
- Defence - Missile and weapons testing - Nuclear weapons
- Mining industry - Uranium