Ooldea (30°27′S 131°50′E) is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It is on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, 863 km west of Port Augusta on the Trans-Australian Railway. Ooldea is 143 km from the bitumen Eyre Highway. It was the site of a mission for Aboriginal children which was visited twice by Norman Tindale and was home for many years to Daisy Bates, both concerned with understanding and protecting Aboriginal culture. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... NASA - Visible Earth, Nullarbor. ... Port Augusta (32°29′ S 137°46′ E, population 15,250) is a town in South Australia. ... Looking east on the Trans-Australia Railway from Cook, South Australia The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullarbor Plain from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and contains the longest straight stretch of track in the world. ... Named for Edward John Eyre the Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ... Norman Barnett Tindale (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Ooldea was an important camp during construction of the railway, as it is near a permanent waterhole, first discovered by Europeans when Ernest Giles used it in 1875. It was also important as the railway siding servicing the nuclear testing at Maralinga. Yours faithfully, Ernest Giles Photo in the frontespiece of his Australia Twice Traversed William Ernest Powell Giles (July 7, 1835–November 20, 1897), best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer who led three major expeditions in central Australia. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Maralinga atomic weapons test site was set up on the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia during the early 1950s, as a joint test facility between the British and Australian governments. ... Maralinga is a small town in the desert of South Australia, famous for nuclear tests that took place there in the 1950s. ...
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