Robe CSIRO Research Station
History
This CSIRO field station, which operated between 1935 and 1976, was the site of research on pasture trace minerals deficiency in the diet of local sheep. In 1956 Station scientist Hedley Marston detected abnormal levels of radioactive iodine in the thyroid glands of local sheep, which he attributed to fallout from recent nuclear bomb tests carried out in Maralinga, South Australia (1100 km away).
Location
Nora Creina Road, 5km southeast of Robe
Latitude-longitude -37.1869,139.7913
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Enquiries
Robe Branch (08) 8768 2062
Web
Trace Element disorders in South Australian Agriculture (PDF), PIRSA
Silent Storm (2004), A Place to Think - Moving History, ABC
Silent Storm Production Story, Peter Butt, Film Australia
Branch
Details
Features:
Industrial Heritage
District: Robe
Operating Days: _______