The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. TERRIFIC WINDS (UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR) BLEW 24 HOURS A DAY AND MADE LIFE ON THE OBSERVATION HILL MOST UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE PRESS PARTY PHOTOGRAPHERS COVERING THE ATOMIC TEST ACTIVITY ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS. FINALLY TO GAIN SOME RESPITE FROM THE WINDS, PARTY MEMBERS BUILT ENCLOSURES OF IRONSTONE. THE WALLS WERE A FEW INCHES HIGHER THAN CAMP STRETCHERS AND PRESSMEN WERE ABLE TO LIE JUST BELOW THE WIND LEVEL.
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. TERRIFIC WINDS (UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR) BLEW 24 HOURS A DAY AND MADE LIFE ON THE OBSERV
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. TERRIFIC WINDS (UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR) BLEW 24 HOURS A DAY AND MADE LIFE ON THE OBSERV
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. PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS AFTER THE ATOMIC TEST ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS WAS ALL OVER.
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. THE HUGE PRESS CAMERAS, USED BY THE PRESS EXPEDITION FROM PERTH MONITORING THE ATOMIC T
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1952. BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, IN OCTOBER 1952. THE HUGE PRESS CAMERAS, USED BY THE PRESS EXPEDITION FROM PERTH MONITORING THE ATOMIC T
