Woomera (Australia)

Woomera
Missile Park in Woomera
State :  Australia State : South Australia Founded : 1947
Coordinates : 31 ° 12 ′  S , 136 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 12 ′  S , 136 ° 50 ′  E Height : 169  m Area : 46.8  km²
Residents : 146 (2016) Population density : 3.1 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC +9: 30) Postal code : 5720 LGA : Department of Defense Administration
Woomera

Woomera is a city in the Australian state of South Australia . Until 1982 the place was in the military area Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA, also Woomera Sperrgebiet ) and could only be reached with permission. In the 1960s, before the establishment of the restricted area , the place had up to 6,000 inhabitants, after the opening of the restricted area the number of inhabitants temporarily fell to below 200, today it has stabilized at around 200. Woomera has been open to the public since the official lifting of the restricted area, but individual systems are still in operation today. The main source of income today is tourism after activities in the WPA declined. Most tourists come to see the WPA facilities .

Woomera is located on the Stuart Highway , which runs from Port Augusta to Darwin in northern Australia.

The name of the place comes from the Aboriginal weapon of the same name ( Woomera ), a javelin with a throwing device similar to the American Atlatl .

Web links

Commons : Woomera, South Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature about Woomera in the catalog of the German National Library
• Woomera ( Memento from July 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• Woomera Rocket Range ( Memento from February 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• WOOMERA ON THE WEB
• Link catalog on Woomera (Australia) at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Woomera (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.