Woomera Prohibited Area

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military testing range
gptkbp:access true
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Lake_Torrens
gptkb:Lake_Hart
gptkbp:area 122,000 square kilometres
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Emu_Field_nuclear_test_site
gptkb:Maralinga_nuclear_test_site
gptkb:RAAF_Woomera_Range_Complex
gptkb:Woomera_Village
salt lakes
heritage sites
abandoned airfields
mining leases
pastoral leases
protected environmental areas
rocket launch pads
test ranges
tracking stations
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:environmentalImpact arid desert
gptkbp:established 1947
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Woomera_Prohibited_Area_Rules_2014
gptkbp:historicalName joint UK-Australian weapons testing
space tracking and research
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Woomera Prohibited Area
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Australia
gptkbp:namedAfter Woomera (Aboriginal spear-throwing tool)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Blue_Streak_missile_tests
testing of British nuclear weapons
European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) launches
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Black_Arrow_rocket_launches
gptkb:Jindalee_over-the-horizon_radar
gptkb:Nulka_decoy_tests
gptkb:WRESAT_satellite_launch
Blue Steel missile tests
DSTO research projects
Hypersonic flight experiments
Ikara missile tests
gptkbp:openToPublic restricted
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Australian_Department_of_Defence
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Woomera_Range_Complex
gptkbp:traditionalOwners gptkb:Kokatha_people
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Australian_Army
gptkb:Australian_Defence_Science_and_Technology_Group
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
aerospace industry
defence contractors
gptkbp:usedFor missile testing
weapons testing
aerospace research
space launches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Far_North_region_of_South_Australia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5