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2 unusual facts about Emu Field


Emu Field, South Australia

There are now stone monuments at the ground-zero points, which can be visited by tourists (with the written approval of the RAAF Woomera Test Range who now control access to the area), though the location is still extremely remote (see Anne Beadell Highway).

Mount Davies Road

As a result of British atomic tests at Emu Field in 1953, a weather station was needed to the far north-west of the test sites, to determine when suitable weather conditions existed for future tests.



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Maralinga

On 27 September 1956, Operation Buffalo commenced at Maralinga, as Emu Field was found to be too remote a site.