page_title: Maralinga
hierarchical_section_title: Maralinga
caption_attribution_description: Landscape at former British nuclear test site, en:Maralinga, South Australia. Maralinga, South Australia, is the former British nuclear test site. I worked at the site during the Maralinga Rehabilitation Project where contaminated radioactive material was cleaned up.
context_page_description: Maralinga in the remote western areas of South Australia was the home of the Maralinga Tjarutja, a southern Pitjantjatjara people, an Aboriginal Australian people. Maralinga was the site of the British nuclear tests in the 1950s. The site measures about 3,300 square kilometres in area.
context_section_description: Maralinga in the remote western areas of South Australia was the home of the Maralinga Tjarutja, a southern Pitjantjatjara people, an Aboriginal Australian people. Maralinga was the site of the British nuclear tests in the 1950s. The site measures about 3,300 square kilometres (1,300 sq mi) in area.
caption: Landscape of Maralinga site
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