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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown
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"The British Government's going to test atomic bombs on the Woomera Rocket Range. It's in the paper. Mum said that if she'd known they were going to test atomic bombs here, she'd never have come. What's she worried about? It's only a bomb." (Source: back cover)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains some references to the Korean War and the atomic bomb in Japan. It is also contains factual information on these two events in the Historical Notes section in the back of the book.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2009 .
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      Extent: 187p.
      ISBN: 9781741692174 (hbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon My Australian Story Scholastic Press (publisher), Gosford : Scholastic Press , 2005- Z1398313 2000 series - publisher children's fiction children's A series of children's books, many of them historical fiction, that each highlight an aspect of Australian experience. Written in diary form.
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 203p.
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      • Published August 1st 2013
      ISBN: 9781741699067
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Works about this Work

Untitled Peta Harrison , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 39)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Judy Coolledge , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 17 no. 1 2009; (p. 52)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Neville Barnard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 April 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 April 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Neville Barnard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Judy Coolledge , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 17 no. 1 2009; (p. 52)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
Untitled Peta Harrison , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 39)
— Review of Atomic Testing : The Diary of Anthony Brown Alan R. Tucker , 2009 single work children's fiction
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Last amended 15 Jul 2021 09:37:25
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  • Woomera, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
  • 1953
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