William Creek, South Australia

Woomera represents the region in South Australia that has been used for rocket launching and astronomical testing site since 1945. A numerous tests, jointly by Australia and Britain, have been carried out since them. Not much of the nature of work is known, but less known is what is left behind by these tests. In the regional “museums” (in parks) lies numerous monuments - wreckages, fragments of parts and metals. What we don’t know are the invisible scars left by these experiments and scientific achievements. Scars are on land, in the soil, on wildlife habitats – but most importantly and least being acknowledged is the visible and invisible scars left on the indigenous people who call these places home (Photo: Simon Wearne).