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Maralinga

Sheet Music: Score

Maralinga : for violin and string orchestra / Matthew Hindson ; arr. Matthew Hindson and Tristan Coelho.

by Matthew Hindson (2011)

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  • Instrumentation: Violin, string orchestra (minimum 3.2.2.2.1).

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The Australian aboriginal word Maralinga may sound quite beautiful to people outside of Australia, but to Australians its connotations are much more sinister.
In the early 1950s, the nuclear arms race was underway amongst the major nations of the world. Great Britain wanted to test its recently acquired nuclear weapons, and Australia in the 1950s was a place that still regarded Britain as 'home' (particularly the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies). Consequently secret nuclear testing was conducted in the South Australian desert, at Maralinga and Emu Creek between 1953-1963.
Tests included some very nasty experiments with kilograms of plutonium which subsequently contaminated the test site. Unfortunately, according to a subsequent Royal Commission into the tests, it seems that the welfare of the Aboriginal inhabitants and the Australian service personnel at the test sites was never taken into account. Australian military personnel were used as unwitting guinea pigs into the effects of radiation from these experiments.
Maralinga was officially cleaned up by the year 2000, but the site and its history remains a stain upon Australia's historical record. This piece makes reference to the long Aboriginal history at Maralinga as well as more recent events and attitudes.

Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Faber Music) — 1 score (35p. -- A4 (portrait))

Duration: 11 mins

Commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra, Lara St. John.

First performance by ACO2, Lara St John at ACO2 (Warrnambool Kings College Theatre) on 1 Apr 2011

Includes programme note.

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