Gemma Romuld

"For many Australians, nuclear weapons are not a distant, abstract threat, but a lived reality – a persistent source of pain and suffering, of contamination and dislocation. Indigenous communities, long marginalised and mistreated in Australia, bear the brunt of this ongoing scourge."

ICAN Australia has designed a booklet to bring forth the testimonies of some of the incredible people affected by nuclear weapons in Australia. It is a glimpse into the worlds of 8 characters, including Mitch, an Aranda woman living near the Joint US/Australia Defence Base "Pine Gap" in Alice Springs and Avon Hudson, a nuclear veteran who worked on the "minor trials" at Maralinga in South Australia. Their stories shine with the help of freelance photographer, Jessie Boylan's work.

We plan to take this booklet internationally, to the February 2014 Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons hosted by the Mexican Government. We are sure the stories will resonate with people affected by nuclear weapons from around the world, and strengthen the resounding call from civil society and a growing number of governments to ban nuclear weapons.

We hope to reach our project target $2000 by Feb 12- the day before the Mexico Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons begins!



Too many of us don't know the history of atomic testing in Australia and the legacy left on the land and it's people. However, this isn't just history. Australia is deeply implicated in the thousands of nuclear weapons that remain in existence, by exporting uranium to nuclear-weapons-states and by providing ongoing military and logistical support to the US war machine at Pine Gap, NT and North West Cape, WA.

The stories from the past are vital lessons for the present and the future. Please help us to propagate these lessons for the benefit of today's learners, campaigners and decision-makers, and out of respect for the people still bearing the ill-effects of the nuclear industry every day.

Our ultimate goal is a treaty banning nuclear weapons, and this publication will be one step along the way.

The money will all go to printing the booklet. We hope to print several thousand copies to be distributed to campaigners, politicians, and YOU.

The only obstacle to the success of this project is raising the funds. We plan to release the booklet internationally at the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Mexico February 2014. The more we raise, the more we can print. That's where you come in...!