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Before the remote town of White Cliffs got state-funded transport to Broken Hill 300 kilometres away, some locals went long ...
According to the BBC, people will see an unfamiliar landscape as they approach one city. “These are the first signs of Coober Pedy, an opal mining town with a population of around 2,500 people. Many ...
COOBER PEDY, Australia — From her front door, Sonya Crombie can see the sandstone hills where White men carved up the land in search of opal and then stayed, turning their mines into elaborate ...
The landscape in Coober Pedy is out of this world, and so is the property price growth. The South Australian outback town is ...
Coober Pedy is at the centre of Australia's opal mining industry. Now the town, where 60% of its residents live underground, is becoming a leader in sustainable living. Video by Clare Richardson ...
Minister for Natural Resources Courtney Houssos and Member for Barwon Roy Butler this week met with opal miners and land holder representatives' ...
In 1966 whilst staying in the opal-mining area of Andamooka,South Australia, looking for opals around the mouth of an opal mine (noodling)I found an aboriginal stone cutting implement made from ...