Oak Valley, South Australia

Oak Valley, South Australia

Oak Valley is the only community of Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal Council (AC) Local Government Area (LGA), South Australia. The whole small population of the LGA of 105 (as of the census of 2006) lives in Oak Valley.

Maralinga: The Anangu Story, by the Yalata & Oak Communities with Christobel Mattingley (Allen & Unwin, 2009), is an information book about the history and culture of the region, the nuclear testing controversy and the region's original owners. Aimed at young people, the book was awarded a silver Honour medal in 2010 by the Children's Book Council of Australia.


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