73-662: Woomera , unofficially Woomera village , is the domestic area of RAAF Base Woomera . Woomera village has always been a Defence-owned and operated facility. The village is located on the traditional lands of the Kokatha people in the Far North region of South Australia , but is on Commonwealth-owned land and within the area designated as the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA). The village is approximately 446 kilometres (277 mi) north of Adelaide . In common usage, "Woomera" refers to
146-439: A Royal Australian Survey Corps Sergeant surveyor (1947–48) and road builder (1953–63). There is also a memorial cairn for Len Beadell and his wife Anne in the nearby Woomera Cemetery. At the 2016 census , the village had 146 permanent residents, whereas the operation of the complex may be up to an additional 500–700 personnel per day. Public visitors (estimated at in excess of 70,000 per year) generally find Woomera village to be
219-522: A church until 1865. The replacement church was gutted by fire in 1989, after being heritage-listed on the Register of the National Estate for its fine stained glass windows and other significant architectural and historical features. In 1995 an auditorium was built connecting the church and the church hall. The inaugural Edmund Wright Heritage Award for Heritage Places in 2003 was won by Peter Moeck for
292-627: A football sports club (Sporties), Returned Services League , Thrift Shop, and Bowling Club. The village is jointly managed by the RAAF and the Defence Estate & Infrastructure Group (E&IG). Garrison support services for the complex are provided by Defence contractors managed by E&IG. These services include care and maintenance of the base and range infrastructure, messing, accommodation, security, and limited emergency response and airfield service as well as operational support to Defence activities on
365-487: A junction where a new line to Long Plains diverged north-west. In 1982, this latter line was converted to 1435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge. In 1985, the State Transport Authority demolished the historic station buildings to make way for a bus–rail interchange . Salisbury's first police station was established in 1859. In 1851, the first Methodist Church
438-470: A local government council. However, the creation of a Defence Estate management organisation in the 1990s shifted the focus of the Board's activities away from estate and infrastructure management toward principally that of a base welfare organisation supporting the small permanent community and the large number of transit Defence personnel who deploy to Woomera each year. Woomera Village, when originally established,
511-431: A movie theatre (but movie screenings might be infrequent), swimming centre, a well-stocked general store, and bottle shop, along with two main clubs which offer counter meals on a Thursday (RSL Club) and Friday (Sports Club) nights. Woomera is a haven for observing and understanding Australia's desert flora and fauna, and there is a space observatory which operates one night a week or by appointment. The historic precinct of
584-475: A party of British scientists to inspect the airfield which was recently completed. During 2015, all of the Woomera aerodrome aircraft parking aprons (4), taxiways and the main runway, were all refurbished in $ 40M upgrade. In 2016, through public tender, a significant repair was made to Hangar 1, and in 2018 the air movements terminal was refurbished and a new secure-storage facility built. A new connecting road between
657-572: A privately operated public caravan park at the entrance to Woomera Village. While the WRC operates under the higher management of Woomera Range Headquarters (WRHQ), located at RAAF Base Edinburgh , the operation of the Base itself is co-managed by the RAAF's Combat Support Group (CSG) and Defence Estate and Infrastructure Group (DEIG). CSG focus on the operational aspects of the base's role, while DEIG focuses on ensuring
730-502: A secure defence garrison support facility and renamed Camp Rapier. It is now frequently used by the Australian Army and squadrons of the RAAF's Airfield Defence Guards as a base camp for specialized training and testing activities. It also has had a detachment of Australian Air Force Cadets from South Australia stay there. Post-2003, the village population stabilized at about 400, but has subsequently dropped to around 150–200. When
803-685: A significant number of city workers who either park their vehicle or transfer from buses at Salisbury Interchange. Local buses from Salisbury Interchange, scheduled to connect with trains to and from Adelaide, use the Adelaide Metro integrated ticketing system. In May 2012 there were 13 local bus routes providing links to many of the northern suburbs, such as routes 400 and 430 to Elizabeth , route 415V to Golden Grove , routes 224, 225, 411 to Mawson Lakes , routes 225, 500, 502, 560 to Para Hills , routes 401, 411 to Paralowie and routes 404, 405 to Parafield Gardens . The first St John's Anglican Church
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#1732859123042876-577: A specialised Commonwealth/Defence township management model rather than a local government (council) model. At the height of its operations (1947–99), over 7,000 people lived in Woomera Village. To service the needs of the town during this period, the Woomera Board, staffed by members of the Defence community at Woomera elected to the Board by town residents, essentially acted in the role normally provided by
949-413: A very quiet place. Principally this is due to the fact that the base is essentially the dinner, bed, and breakfast facility for Defence personnel. Today, the complex embraces a much wider range of Defence systems technology and tactics testing and evaluation activities. In terms of space activities, only a small number of sub-orbital sounding rocket tests are conducted. In June 2010, however, Woomera hosted
1022-511: A weekly news letter – Gibber Gabber . The base is located in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) and it is an RAAF establishment. However, similar to the RAAF Base at Point Cook, Woomera is open to the visiting public. Non-Defence visitors to Woomera are able to stay at the Eldo Hotel, which offers 400 beds in a varying range of formats. The hotel reception, including the "Oasis" bar and restaurant,
1095-621: Is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Woomera, and although not within the WPA, it is under the operational control of Woomera Range Headquarters in Adelaide . The WPA is the world's largest land-based instrumented defence systems test and evaluation range facility. The complex was established in support of the Anglo-Australian Joint Project. This cold-war project focussed on the development of long-range weapons systems, principally to counter
1168-571: Is a constituent of the 33-times-larger City of Salisbury local government area . As of 2023 , there were 13 City of Salisbury councillors: 7 Australian Labor Party (ALP) and 6 independent. The state member of parliament for the electoral district of Ramsay was Zoe Bettison (ALP), and the federal member, for the Division of Spence , was Matt Burnell (ALP). Two South Australian Australian Labor Party leaders, Lynn Arnold ( Premier 1992–1993) and Mike Rann (Premier 2002–2011) both represented
1241-590: Is a restricted access area and includes Camp Rapier. the entrance to the Woomera Test Range and the RAAF Woomera Airfield ( IATA : UMR , ICAO : YPWR ). 'Base Sector South' is accessible by the public and essentially encompasses that part of RAAF Base Woomera long referred to as the Woomera Village . Woomera Village is often quoted as a 'remote town'. It is not a 'town', but rather an 'open base' of
1314-772: Is also a long-established precious gems (mainly opal ) field near the Coober Pedy end of the Stuart Highway , which cuts through the middle of the Range. The settlement draws its name, woomera , from a suggestion from RAAF Group Captain Alfred George Pither and was subsequently chosen by the Board of the Long Range Weapons Establishment in April 1947. The new Village was established on Commonwealth land procured for
1387-468: Is also well able to handle larger aircraft types such as the C-5 Galaxy and Boeing 747 . Large aircraft movements occur often at Woomera in support of ADF test and evaluation activities on the complex. The centre line of the airfield was surveyed by Len Beadell in early 1947. A RAF Dakota was the first aircraft to use the field, as it landed at Woomera on 19 June 1947. It brought General Evetts and
1460-402: Is located in the former Eldo administration facility. Rooms are generally located close to the main hotel facility and some blocks have names such as "Redstone", "Black Knight", "Blue Steel" and "Skylark" – all former rocket or missile systems once tested at Woomera. The nearby "Traveller's Village Caravan Park" is a privately operated venture centred around the old "senior ranks' mess" facility at
1533-430: Is used as a specialised Defence systems test range supporting the defence of Australia. The Air Force, Department of Defence, and some State and Federal Government agencies (education, police etc.) maintain a number of full-time personnel at the base to support Defence activities at the WRC. The 2015 range proclamation states that the range may only be used for Defence related activities and that Defence access to, and use of
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#17328591230421606-571: The Australian House of Representatives division of Spence . The suburb is a service area for the City of Salisbury district, with many parklands, shops, cafés and restaurants. Salisbury was founded by John Harvey , who arrived in the province of South Australia from Scotland in 1839 as a young single man, three years after the establishment of government by British settlers. He began selling town allotments in 1848, from land he had purchased along
1679-633: The Little Para River in the previous year. He named the town after Salisbury in Wiltshire , since his new wife came from near Salisbury Plain in England. Salisbury started its life as a service centre for the surrounding wheat and hay farms. Salisbury Post Office opened around March 1850. Salisbury railway station was built in 1857 on the 1600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) broad-gauge main northern line to Gawler . In 1917 it became
1752-469: The "Red Zone" of the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), and public access to this part of the base is not permitted. Woomera Village, however, is within a "Green Zone" of the WPA and thus public access to the facilities and services of Woomera, including the several museums located in this historic site, is permitted year-round. Visitors may also stay in the Defence-operated Eldo Hotel, and there is
1825-699: The 'On-route supplement Australia' (ERSA). The entry for Woomera states that landing approval is coordinated through the 20SQN Air Base Command Post (20SQN ABCP), but that civilian aircraft are not normally given permission to use the airfield unless such use is related to Defence activities at Woomera. RAAF Woomera is able to operate all current types of aircraft used by the Australian Defence Force (ADF), including C-17A Globemasters and all fast jet types. The airfield can be fitted with an arrestor cable system when required to bring it to normal RAAF operating standards for F/A-18 Hornet operations. The airfield
1898-517: The 21st century, Salisbury has been a popular destination for immigrants. In the 2021 census , 52.1% of the Salisbury population were born in Australia. Other countries of birth were England 4.2%, Bhutan 4%, Myanmar 3.8%, Afghanistan 3.7% and Nepal 3.3%. 52.2% spoke English only at home. Other languages spoken at home were Nepali 8.0%, Hazaraghi 3.6%, Italian 3%, Vietnamese 2.2% and Arabic 1.9%. Salisbury
1971-495: The AWC's Air Force Ranges Directorate (AFRD). The Air Force Test Ranges Squadron (AFTR SQN), is based out of RAAF Edinburgh, but they also maintain a permanent detachment based out of RAAF Base Woomera. The role of AFTR SQN is the day-to-day operation and management of the ranges within the WRC. RAAF Base Woomera is located approximately 450 km (280 mi) north of RAAF Base Edinburgh near Adelaide ). The Woomera Range Complex (WRC)
2044-656: The Anglo-Australian Long Range Weapons Establishment, and handed over to the Department of Supply . Evetts Field is now only semi operational, mostly used as an emergency runway for the Flying Doctor and for RAAF operations. It features two runways, each 2,028 metres (6,654 ft) long. Evetts Field was used for launching the Jindivik target drone from 31 October 1950 to June 1975. The airfield
2117-594: The Commonwealth are able to live at Woomera on a permanent basis. The settlement was established in 1947 as a result of the Department of Defence establishment of the adjacent rocket testing range. The Woomera Village grew rapidly from 1950. A school opened that year with two teachers and by 1955 had grown to be a "Higher Primary" school from Year 1 to Intermediate (Year 10) with over 300 pupils. Following its construction over 1947–53, Woomera Village essentially operated under
2190-529: The RAAF Base Woomera formation is the joint responsibility of No. 20 Squadron (20SQN) and the Defence Estate and Infracture Group (E&IG), supported by a Defence Contractor (as of March 2020 Broadspectrum ). The role of the base is to provide operational and garrison support to Defence activities within the WRC. The RAAF Woomera Test Range formation of the Woomera Range Complex is managed by
2263-468: The RAAF assumed operational command of Woomera in 1999, there was an increase in the number of temporary residents associated with the conduct of test and evaluation activities on the range. In 2009, Woomera village was the largest ADF domestic base support facility in Australia, and the village is open to public access. There is a high visitation rate by tourists to view the National Missile Park in
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2336-544: The RAAF has gradually assumed full control of the entire facility. The complex today is much smaller than it was in 1947, but still covers one-seventh of South Australia . Although there are now several major mines established within the WPA, the Woomera support base is the only permanently established township facility in the WPA. Officially, the village area is referred to as "Base Sector South" of RAAF Base Woomera, and like RAAF Williams at Point Cook in Victoria, this part of
2409-451: The RAAF. The 'village' has previously always functioned as an Australian Government/Defence Force garrison facility until it was fully incorporated into RAAF Base Woomera in 2015. RAAF Base Woomera is an operational Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military airbase located within the 122,188-square-kilometre (47,177 sq mi) RAAF Woomera Range Complex , situated approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of
2482-468: The Range's infrastructure is the responsibility of Defence Support and Reform Group (DSRG), but the Woomera Board is a long-standing and integral part of the base's local support network. The Woomera Board is composed of five elected members from the village's permanent residents, and four members who are appointed by the current Base Support Manager. The aim of the Woomera Board is to build the sense of community, given its remote location. The Board also prints
2555-428: The Range. Woomera has a hot desert climate ( Köppen : BWh ) with hot summers, mild winters and low rainfall year-round. The highest recorded temperature is 48.2 °C (118.8 °F) on 20 December 2019, whilst the lowest is −1.4 °C (29.5 °F) on 12 August 1966. The population of Woomera is about 136 permanent residents. However, this number can quadruple with the passage of personnel moving in and out of
2628-678: The Salisbury area in the South Australian Parliament . Arnold was elected as the MP for Ramsay , and then Taylor , and Rann was elected as the MP for Briggs and Ramsay. Trains to and from Adelaide and Gawler from Salisbury operate every 15 minutes at off-peak times on Monday to Friday, and every 30 minutes during the day on Saturday and Sunday. In the evening, services run every hour. In morning peak hours, there are several trains that run non-stop between Salisbury and Adelaide (or make only one stop, at Mawson Interchange ). These are used by
2701-604: The UK Government's reduction in further experimental work. Woomera Village initially operated as a "closed town" between 1947 and 1982, when the facility supported the operations of the Woomera Rocket Range during the Anglo-Australia Project. Since 1982, the general public has been able to visit and stay at Woomera. However, only Australian Government (mostly Department of Defence ) personnel and contractors to
2774-552: The WRC will be managed through Headquarters, Air Warfare Centre at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Requests for Non-defence access to, and use (e.g. mining) of, the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), which is essentially the ground area that delineates the Woomera Range Complex, is managed through the 'Woomera Prohibited Area Coordination Office' (WPACO) in Canberra. Note: Aeronautical access requirements for RAAF Woomera aerodrome can be found in
2847-453: The Woomera Range Complex (WRC), promulgated by Chief of Air Force (CAF) in June 2014. As at the 2016 census the Woomera Village had a population of 146, and its usual population varies between 150 and 200 people, yet the village can provide accommodation and services for up to 500 people per day. Although the complex is closed to the public, Woomera village, and its four museum elements, is open to
2920-400: The base as part of range trials activities. 40 years ago, the people who conducted the trials also lived at Woomera; however, with modern communications technology, only the people who provide the range support services now need to live at Woomera. Annually, a total of about 5,000 to 6,000 people deploy to Woomera to conduct tests, trials, and training activities at the Range. The management of
2993-523: The base's "village" area, in South Australia , Australia. Officially established as an airbase with effect from January 2015, the RAAF Base Woomera comprises the Woomera airfield , hangars and technical areas as well as the Woomera Village. Operations and capability management of the entire Woomera Range Complex, is vested to Commander, Air Warfare Centre (CDR AWC), located at RAAF Base Edinburgh ( Edinburgh, South Australia ). Operational management of
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3066-444: The base's (and the Range's) facilities and general infrastructure remains fit-for-purpose to support the Range's activities. Woomera Village has always been, and continues to be, the domestic support facility for the Woomera Range Complex. As of November 2014, the WPA covers an area of approximately 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi) and forms the essential ground area of the whole Range Complex. The Nurrungar Test Area (NTA)
3139-528: The building in order to comply with building code requirements. Evetts Field (AU09) is a satellite airfield located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of the RAAF Base Woomera within the RAAF Woomera Range Complex. On 15 May 1951 Koolymilka airfield was officially named Evetts Field in honour of Lieutenant General John Fullerton Evetts , who led the English party that selected the Woomera site for
3212-561: The centre of the village (which features aircraft, rockets, bombs, and missiles covering the full period of the Range's operations), the Woomera Heritage Centre (which features an introductory audiovisual presentation and an interpretive gallery that tells the story of the site), and the Community Museum that is maintained by the village's volunteer community board and which is located within the missile park precinct. Generally,
3285-558: The complex is open to public access. This is principally so that tourists can access the significant historical displays and museums which cover the range's air and space activities since its establishment in 1947. At the Woomera Heritage Centre , there are also displays covering the Indigenous and Pioneer heritage of the region. In particular, there is a dedicated section on Len Beadell , who became something of an outback legend as
3358-559: The country to deal with a growing number of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers arriving by sea, and Woomera was chosen as a site for such a facility. The establishment of the Woomera Immigration Detention Centre in 1999, through the refurbishment of the original Woomera Village construction camp at "Woomera West", eventually brought in new permanent staff (as the Nurrungar people were leaving) to settle and maintain
3431-467: The district doubled to more than 4000, most being concentrated in the Salisbury township , bringing to an end the bucolic life of the townspeople. Four years after the war had ended and the factory had closed, a large influx of newcomers again occurred when about 1000 employees of a new rocket testing project were progressively accommodated at a new South Australian Housing Trust estate at Salisbury North , which started to take shape in 1949. In
3504-530: The entrance to the base from the main road. It mostly services the motor home and backpacker travellers passing through Woomera. Woomera's attractions include the Woomera National Aerospace and Missile Park, located near the centre of the village. This park features missiles and rockets that were developed and tested at Woomera over the last 60 years, as well as a number of aircraft which were used in trials at Woomera. The Woomera Heritage Centre, which
3577-451: The future role and strategic importance of the Woomera Range Complex within Australia's long-term Defence requirements. Woomera Village is a Department of Defence –owned-and-operated facility. RAAF Base Woomera, when it was established in January 2015, also included the RAAF Woomera Airfield , which is approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Woomera Village. The aerodrome lies within
3650-470: The growing intercontinental ballistic missile threat from the Soviet Union . The cold-war heyday of the Range was 1947 to about 1972. In 1980, the Anglo-Australia Project was closed and the range itself saw little use until about 1991, when the RAAF's Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) took over the old instrumented range from Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO). Since that time,
3723-699: The local observatory. Approximately 65,000 tourists a year visit Woomera, with about half of that number going on to visit Roxby Downs (location of the BHP Olympic Dam Mine). RAAF Base Woomera RAAF Base Woomera (WMA), was proclaimed by Chief of Air Force Directive in January 2015. RAAF Base Woomera and the RAAF Woomera Test Range (WTR) are the two formations which make up the RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC). RAAF Base Woomera consists of two sectors, 'Base Sector North' which
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#17328591230423796-432: The magazine area (west of the airfield) and the northern end of the main runway was constructed. The construction of a new security control gate facility was completed in the later months of 2018, approximately 1 km north of Woomera Village, at the entrance to Base Sector North of RAAF Base Woomera. The first control tower at the Woomera Test Range originally came from RAAF Base Uranquinty , New South Wales . The tower
3869-542: The mid-1960s. However, with the establishment of the USAF/ADF Joint Defence Communications Facility in 1969 at the nearby Nurrungar site , approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Woomera, along with its 1100 permanent staff, the village population stabilized at around 4,500 people (including around 800 children). In the late 1990s, as the Nurrungar program was winding down, the ADF reassessed
3942-482: The most secret allied establishments in operation during the Cold War. During its heyday (1949–71), the village population reached around 7,000 as people lived and worked at Woomera and at Koolymilka campsite near Range Head, approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) west of Woomera village within the Woomera Prohibited Area. However, by the end of the 1960s, the Anglo-Australian Joint Project was rapidly winding down following
4015-623: The new auditorium project by Brown Falconer. As of 2024 the official name of the church is Church of Saint John The Evangelist, but it is known as St John's Anglican Church. In 1851, the first Methodist Church was erected. St. Augustine's Catholic Church was completed in March 1857. The major retail zone in Salisbury is the Parabanks Shopping Centre, a short distance from Salisbury Interchange, first opened about 1977. The single-floor complex includes 74 stores and 3 anchor stores , with
4088-467: The next 30 years, this project ensured the maintenance of Woomera village infrastructure, with improvements and modernization of facilities. During the period of operations, around 1,100 USAF and ADF personnel and their families were accommodated at Woomera, and the population was around 4,000. When the Nurrungar Project came to an end in 1999, the future of the village looked bleak. However, the RAAF
4161-662: The north) which centred local governance of the area on the main population centre between Enfield and Gawler, the township of Salisbury. During the Second World War , in 1940, an explosives and filling factory – the Salisbury Explosives Factory – was established at Penfield , 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) to the north. Covering about 12 km (4.5 sq mi), it commenced production in mid-1942. By January 1943, 6500 persons were employed, producing 135,000 shells , bombs and mines per week.The population of
4234-566: The public all year round. The location of the Woomera Village can be described as being in the outback desert area of South Australia. It is approximately 446 kilometres (277 mi) north-west of Adelaide and is in the State region known as the Far North . There are 27 pastoral stations within the Woomera Prohibited Area, which essentially forms the ground space of the Woomera Test Range, and there are currently four major mines (2013) – Challenger , Prominent Hill , Peculiar Knob , and Cairn Hill . There
4307-603: The purpose, and named after the Aboriginal spear throwing implement the woomera which extends the range a spear can be thrown. Woomera, formerly a rocket range site located 183 kilometres (114 mi) north-west of Port Augusta, shares its name with an Aboriginal throwing tool. Construction of Woomera Village began in mid-1947 to cater for thousands of people moving there as part of the Anglo-Australian Project. The project lasted for 34 years and saw Woomera become one of
4380-490: The residents of Woomera are defence workers or contractors. There are no privately owned homes in the village, although some are leased to agencies such as the Bureau of Meteorology . The facilities in the village include a gym, hotel, swimming pool, hospital, cinema, school, two museums, and missile park. There is also a supermarket, community radio station (107.3 Triple-R FM Woomera – "rocket range radio"), post office, bowling alley,
4453-625: The return of the Hayabusa Deep Space Probe . This was the first planned space re-entry to Australian soil and created another milestone for the Range. In 1969, as the Anglo-Australia Project was winding down, the United States Air Force (USAF) began construction and installation of the Nurrungar Joint Tracking Facility. This facility was located approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Woomera. Over
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#17328591230424526-463: The role of Woomera in its future force structure. What became apparent to the ADF at that time was that the Woomera Test Range was the only land-based test range left in the Western world capable of testing the next (or what is now termed "5th") generation of weapons systems within a fully instrumented, land-based, specialized test and evaluation range. This assessment was to result, positively, in redefining
4599-544: The story of Len Beadell , the famous surveyor who laid out the original range across vast tracts of the Australian Outback stretching from Woomera to the northwest coast of Western Australia . Next to Missile Park, there is a museum featuring range artifacts and the activities and people who lived and worked at Woomera in the early years. This museum is located in the former Church of England , one of four former churches which existed in Woomera. Other attractions include
4672-543: The town attracts visitors to view local attractions including the Missile Park, Heritage Centre, History Museum and other attractions such as Butement Square, the Eldo Hotel (formerly the "Eldo Mess" for personnel working with the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). There were three other "Messes": Senior, Staff and Junior Staff ("Jazza") based on military ranking, and then Eldo), and
4745-571: The village population at around 1,200. The immigration detention centre, however, proved to be a highly controversial facility, and it closed in early 2003 after only about 36 months of operation, at which point the land and buildings were handed back to the Defence Department. Following the closure of the Immigration Detention Centre, and the return of the site to the ADF, Woomera West was redesigned, altered, and re-established as
4818-487: The wider RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC), a large Australian Defence Force aerospace and systems testing range (the Woomera Test Range (WTR)) covering an area of approximately 122,000 square kilometres (47,000 sq mi) and is operated by the Royal Australian Air Force . Woomera "village" is part of RAAF Base Woomera which, along with the Woomera Test Range (WTR), forms the larger entity known as
4891-521: Was established on the block in Church Street about 1846 or 1850, one of the first churches to be constructed in Salisbury. As the size of the congregation increased, a second church, designed by Daniel Garlick in Gothic style , was built in 1865, after the first foundation stone was laid by Bishop Augustus Short in 1858. The smaller old church was used as a school from 1851 to 1877 in addition to serving as
4964-418: Was administered by the Long Range Weapons Establishment (LRWE) under the terms of the Anglo-Australian Joint Project. LRWE was based at Salisbury to the north of Adelaide city, the site now occupied by Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG). When the Anglo-Australian Joint Project began to wind down in the early 1970s, the village population began to rapidly drop from its peak of about 7000 residents in
5037-428: Was disassembled by No. 2 Airfield Construction Squadron in the late 1940s and shipped to Woomera, where it was re-erected and reopened in the early 1950s at Evetts Field. The main control tower at Woomera aerodrome was constructed in 1953 and is still active. In 2016 the Department of Defence announced plans to replace the control cabin and an upgrade to all communications, electrical, mechanical and hydraulic services to
5110-421: Was erected. Saint Augustine's Catholic Church was completed in March 1857. Saint John's Anglican Church was opened for service in 1865. The area's first school, Salisbury Public School, was completed in 1877. In 1881, Salisbury's town population was between 400 and 500. The District Council of Salisbury was established in 1933 (amalgamating Yatala North south of the Little Para and Munno Para West to
5183-461: Was set to take over the range following a long-term study of Defence needs through to 2035, which found that the Woomera Test Range was the only test and evaluation range left in the western world capable of testing the next generation of ADF defence systems within its land borders – and it could be utilized all year round given its climatic advantages. Additionally, the Federal Government decided to establish several immigration detention centres around
5256-465: Was the former recreation centre for USAF personnel and their families from Nurrungar, features a cafe, a tenpin bowling alley (which was installed by the US Air Force personnel in the 1990s and is still in good working order), a modern interactive display and interpretive centre covering the full life of the Range, a souvenir shop, and a significant display of regional history. This display also features
5329-521: Was virtually abandoned in the 1970s, with its control tower and other buildings sold off and removed . The two runways are now in poor condition. Salisbury, South Australia Salisbury ( / ˈ s ɔː l z b r i / SAWLZ -br-ee ) is a northern suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It is the seat of the City of Salisbury , and is within the South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Ramsay and
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