Summary

Nuclear Free Pacific protest t-shirt, with design by Yan Paul, Australia 1985. It was produced around the time that the Treaty of Rarotonga / South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty was opened for signature. It was advocating for a ban of French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Over 190 nuclear tests were carried out in French Polynesia during the period between 1966 and 1996. This programme was met with protest from various activists, whose main concerns were the large environmental damages such as dead fish and reef damage as well as the radioactive contamination across the area. The islands were also the site of many protests in the form of ships being sent there, the most famous one being the Rainbow Warrior, owned by Greenpeace.

This t-shirt was purchased for display in the "Peace" Exhibition, held in celebration of the International Year of Peace, at Museum of Victoria in 1986.

Physical Description

White machine-sewn t-shirt with printed rectangular design on the front. Design is edged in yellow and black. There is an inscription in yellow and a picture of palm trees and an orange setting sun over the sea.

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