Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy
Umoona
South Australia
Coober Pedy; UmoonaSouth Australia
	Town centre
	Coober Pedy
Coordinates	29°0′40″S 134°45′20″E / 29.01111°S 134.75556°E
Population	1,437 (UCL 2021)
Established	1915
Postcode(s)	5723
Location	846 km (526 mi) NW of Adelaide ; 688 km (428 mi) S of Alice Springs ;
LGA(s)	District Council of Coober Pedy
Region	Far North
State electorate(s)	Giles
Federal division(s)	Grey
	Localities around Coober Pedy:
Footnotes	Adjoining localities

Coober Pedy (/ˈkuːbər ˈpiːdi/) is a town in northern South Australia, 846 km (526 mi) north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. A blower truck is raised above the town sign, representing the importance of opal mining to the town's history. Coober Pedy is also renowned for its below-ground dwellings, called "dugouts", which are built in this fashion due to the scorching daytime heat.^{[citation needed]}

The name "Coober Pedy" is thought to derive from the Kokatha-Barngarla term kupa-piti, which translates to "whitefellas' hole",^[6] but in 1975 the local Aboriginal people of the town adopted the name Umoona, which means "long life" and is also their name for the mulga tree.^[7]

According to the 2021 Australian census, 1,566 people lived in Coober Pedy.^[8]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coober Pedy (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
^ "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^ "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Search result for "Coober Pedy (LOCB)" (Record no SA0015214) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p170581/pdf/ch0940.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Cite error: The named reference hist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coober Pedy (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coober Pedy (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.

[FN-2] "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[Giles-3] "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[AEC-4] "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[PLB-5] "Search result for "Coober Pedy (LOCB)" (Record no SA0015214) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[6] ttps://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p170581/pdf/ch0940.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[hist-7] Cite error: The named reference hist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[ABS-8] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coober Pedy (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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