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HeritageThe Opal Rush: How Coober Pedy Began
A boy's 1915 find did not create one rush but three. Follow Coober Pedy from camel-carted water and Tottie Bryant to migrant miners and the blower.
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HeritageA Town of Many Nations
How a tiny, brutally hot speck of desert came to be one of the most multicultural towns in Australia - drawn together, and divided, by opal.
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AttractionsCoober Pedy Croatian Club
The social heart of Coober Pedy's large Croatian mining community - the Croatian Welfare & Sports Club, part of what makes this such a multicultural town.
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AttractionsCoober Pedy Italian Club
A warm, volunteer-run miners' club since 1964 - hearty Italian meals, a beer garden with sunset views and walls full of opal-field history. Visitors welcome.