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Coober
Pedy is a town in
northern South Australia, 846 km north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway.
According to the 2011 census, its population was 1,695 (953 males, 742 females,
including 275 indigenous Australians). The town is sometimes referred to as the
“opal capital of the world” because of the quantity of precious opals that are
mined there.
Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground
residences, called “dugouts”, which are built in this fashion due to the scorching
daytime heat. The name “Coober Pedy" comes from the local Aboriginal term kupa-piti, which means “boys’
waterhole". Opal was found in Coober Pedy on 1 February 1915; since then
the town has been supplying most of the world's gem-quality opal.
Coober Pedy today relies as much on
tourism as the opal mining industry to provide the community with employment
and sustainability. Coober Pedy has over seventy opal fields and is the largest
opal mining area in the world.
This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
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