The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 PEARLERS THROUGH THE YEARS, THEY WERE UNINHABITED WHEN PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATOMIC TEST BEGAN.
BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, OCTOBER 1952. NEWS OF PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATOMIC TEST WAS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN AUSTRALIAN PEACETIME HISTORY. THOUGH THERE WAS INTENSE ACTIV
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.
PREPARATIONS FOR BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. ONE OF THE TANK LANDING SHIPS WHICH CAME OUT FROM ENGLAND SOME MONTHS BEFORE THE TEST.
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
ONSLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 1952. THE ARMY TRANSIT CAMP AT ONSLOW WHICH WAS USED FOR PREPARATIONS FOR THE BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS.
A RADIO ANTENNA BEING CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS IN OCTOBER 1952.
