Jessica Urwin

About The Author

Jessica Urwin is a Lecturer in Environmental History at the University of Tasmania interested in the intersections between nuclear processes, environmental (in)justice and colonialism. She has published in several leading history journals and her work has received numerous awards, including the American Society for Environmental History's Rachel Carson Prize, Australian National University's John Molony Prize for History, and Australian Academy of Science's Moran Award for History of Science Research.

Books by Jessica Urwin

Contaminated Country

Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia

By Jessica Urwin

During the twentieth century Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear programs of numerous global powers. From uranium extraction to weapons testing, Australia's lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development and was subject to rampant n...

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