Barmera Men’s Shed

Thanks to one of our wonderful tour participants, Richard Sheppard, we have a couple of photos of one of the “BQ” buildings from Maralinga.

It is now doing ‘light duties’ semi-retired, as the Barmera Men’s Shed, although it HAS stuck with its gender bias and still houses a mob of blokes. 😁

The largely-aluminium buildings were flown into Maralinga from England back in the 1950s. Most were sold off with only two of this type remaining on-site at Maralinga. One of which houses the museum and the other is being converted to group and wheelchair-accessible accommodation.

Many were dismantled and sold off, many are possibly still in use. Let us know if you know of any.