The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS THE PRESS EXPEDITION HAD CUT THEIR CAMP FROM THE THICK SPINIFEX ON THE BANKS OF THE BILLABONG, 140 MILES NORTH OF ONSLOW. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM THE COAST AND ABOUT A MILE EAST OF ROUGH RANGE. THE CAMP WAS ON "MARDIE" PROPERTY AND EVERY ASSISTANCE WAS AFFORDED THE PRESS PARTY BY MR AND MRS ROBERT SHARPE, OTHER STATION PEOPLE AND THE ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD.
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA IN OCTOBER 1952. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS THE PRESS EXPEDITION HAD CUT THEIR CAMP FROM THE THICK SPINIFEX ON THE
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. NEWSPAPERS BEGAN TO PAY ONSLOW AND SURROUNDING AREAS MORE ATTENTION THAN EVER BEFORE. THE PERTH DAILY NEW
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 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
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
