British nuclear tests Testing at Maralinga occurred Presence between 1956 and 1963 at the Maralinga site , part of the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia and about 800 kilometres north-west of Adelaide .

British nuclear tests Testing at Maralinga occurred Presence between 1956 and 1963 at the Maralinga site , part of the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia and about 800 kilometres north-west of Adelaide .

Two major test Testing series were conducted Action at the Maralinga site : `` Operation Buffalo '' and `` Operation Antler '' .

In 1994 , the Australian Government paid Commerce_pay compensation amounting to $ 13.5 million to the local Maralinga Tjarutja people .

The Maralinga tests Testing were subject to extreme secrecy , but by the late 1970s there was a marked change Change in how the Australian media covered Hiding_objects the British nuclear tests Testing .

In June 1993 , `` New Scientist '' journalist Ian Anderson wrote Writing an article titled Name_conferral `` Britain 's dirty deeds at Maralinga '' and several related articles .

In 2007 , `` '' by Alan Parkinson documented Statement the unsuccessful clean-up Emptying at Maralinga .

Popular songs about the Maralinga story have been written Writing by Paul Kelly , Midnight Oil , Anderson , Bruford , Wakeman , Howe and Alistair Hulett .