The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BRITISH ATOMIC BOMB TESTS ON MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, OCTOBER 1952. A MAP OF AUSTRALIA SHOWING THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS AND ROWLEY SHOALS IN RELATION TO WOOMERA ROCKET RANGE. AT ONE TIME IT WAS CONSIDERED LIKELY THAT ROCKETS WITH ATOMIC WARHEADS WOULD BE FIRED FROM WOOMERA TOWARDS THE MONTE BELLOS. BOTH THE MONTE BELLOS AND ROWLEY SHOALS WERE DECLARED A PROHIBITED AREA BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT. NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO APPROACH THE AREAS WITHOUT OFFICIAL PERMISSION AND AIRCRAFT WERE NOT PERMITTED TO FLY NEAR THEM.
BETWEEN ONSLOW AND MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. AS THELMA, THE BOAT HIRED BY THE PRESSMEN TO TAKE THEM TO THE
ONSLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. ONE OF THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS WHICH VISITED ONSLOW AND THE MONTE BELLOS. IT IS BELIEVED THES
MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, SITE OF BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS IN OCTOBER 1952. THIS PICTURE OF THE MONTE BELLOS INDICATES THE NATURE OF THE ISLAND GROUP. THOUGH THE ISLANDS HAVE BEEN USED BY FISHERMEN AND PEARLER
ONSLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS AFTER THE ATOMIC TEST ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS WAS ALL OVER.
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WA. 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. A HILL ONE MILE WEST OF THE BILLABONG CAMP OF THE PRESS EXPEDITION FROM PERTH MONITORING THE ATOMIC TE
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WA. 1952 BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. A HILL ONE MILE WEST OF THE BILLABONG CAMP OF THE PRESS EXPEDITION FROM PERTH MONITORING THE ATOMIC TES
