Summary
Protest badge, alternatively known as a button, commissioned by the Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia (CNFA). CNFA was a coalition of 79 Australian organisations including unions, anti-nuclear groups, environment centres and Friends of the Earth. Roxby Downs, the site referenced on the badge, is a town 563 kms north of Adelaide; it was purpose built in 1987 to service the nearby uranium mine. The slogan 'the uranium you're mining when you're not mining uranium' is a play on the 1980s television commercial for Claytons non-alcoholic drink, 'the drink you have when you're not having a drink'.
Physical Description
This is a large bi-coloured badge. The upper part is green, the lower one is red. The two sections are separated by a thin yellow line. There is yellow text is printed on the whole of the badge. On the back is a pin.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles, Politics & Society
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Nic Maclellan, 23 Feb 1987
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Issued By
Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia (CNFA), Australia, after 1987
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Place & Date Made
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Collector
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Inscriptions
Printed Obverse: ROXBY DOWNS/ the uranium you're/ mining when you're/ not mining uranium/ CNFA
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
44 mm (Outside Diameter)
Re-measured 2.10.08
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Maximum dimensions
44 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Anti-Nuclear Protests, Economic Geology, Nuclear Disarmament, Protest Movements, Uranium Mining, Trade Unions, Uranium Mines, Peace Movements, Activism
