From the Archives, 1957: Minister denies Aboriginal people cleared from SA atomic test site
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From the Archives, 1957: Minister denies Aboriginal people cleared from SA atomic test site
Federal minister Howard Beale denied that Aborigines had been cleared from Maralinga in preparation for atomic tests. History would prove him wrong.
By Staff reporter
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BEALE DENIES HARSHNESS TO ABORIGINES
CANBERRA, Friday. The Minister for Supply, Mr. Howard Beale, to-day denied that aborigines had been driven from their country by the establishment of the Maralinga atomic testing ground, or that aborigines in the Woomera rocket range area had been told to get out and keep moving.