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1. When was a mining claim first pegged at Radium Hill and by whom?
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2. Who named the Uranium bearing mineral “Davidite”?
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3. What caused the first serious accident to occur at the Radium Hill mine?
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4. What was the name given to the baby boy born at the mine in 1913?
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5. Name of the South Australian Premier who played a key role in the development of the Radium Hill Uranium Mine
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6. The famous WW2 Burma campaign war hero and Governor General of Australia, Field Marshall Sir William Slim officially opened the Radium Hill mine on
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7. How high was the Main Shaft head frame?
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8. What was the length of the longest underground drive/tunnel?
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9. To which town was the uranium concentrate railed for further refining?
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10. By 1987 how many ex-Radium Hill miners had died of lung cancer?
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11. Where is Australia’s first State Government gazetted radioactive waste dump site?
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12. Adelaide’s yearly rainfall is 530mm, what was the yearly average rainfall at Radium Hill?
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13. What was the form of early accommodation in which the men lived?
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14. The Guinea Airways flight from Radium Hill to Adelaide took ….......….hours.
    
15. Radium Hill was a close knit multicultural community.  How many different nationalities lived there?
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16. How many Schools were built in Radium Hill?
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17. There were .........……….babies born in the Australian Inland Mission Hospital at Radium Hill.
    
18. On what date did the Radium Hill Uranium Mine officially close
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19. What is the name of the book written about Radium Hill?
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20. How are the objectives of the Radium Hill Historical Association achieved?
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