The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, APPROACHED, SHE WAS INTERCEPTED BY A NAVY PINNACE. SECURITY OFFICIALS TOLD THE PRESSMEN THAT THEY HAD NOT THE POWER TO STOP THEM LANDING (THIS WAS BEFORE THE ISLANDS WERE DECLARED A PROHIBITED AREA) BUT ASKED THEM NOT TO LAND IN THE INTERESTS OF SECURITY.
ONSLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, OCTOBER 1952. THE PRESSMEN FOUND ONSLOW TO BE A HIVE OF ACTIVITY. THEY HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY IN ARRANGING TRANSPORT TO THE IS
ONSLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON MONTE BELLOW ISLANDS, WA, OCTOBER 1952. THE PRESSMEN FOUND ONSLOW TO BE A HIVE OF ACTIVITY. THEY HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY IN ARRANGING TRANSPORT TO THE I
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.
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 CONSIDE
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, 1952. FOLLOW-UP WORK TO THE BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN OCTOBER, 1952.
