Woomera
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Woomera may refer to:
- Woomera (spear-thrower)Woomera (spear-thrower)A woomera is an Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device used for when there is a greater distance to be overcome. It is highly efficient and made of wood. Similar to an atlatl, it enables a spear to travel much further than by arm strength alone...
, an Indigenous Australian spear-throwing tool - Woomera Test RangeWoomera Test RangeThe RAAF Woomera Test Range is a weapons testing range operated by the Royal Australian Air Force Aerospace Operational Support Group...
, a weapons testing and rocketry range in north-west South Australia; the largest land-based weapons range in the world- Woomera, South AustraliaWoomera, South AustraliaThe town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area ; colloquially known as the Woomera Rocket Range...
, a village established to support the Woomera Test Range - RAAF Woomera Airfield, the aviation facilities of the Woomera Test Range
- Woomera, South Australia
- Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing CentreWoomera Immigration Reception and Processing CentreThe Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre was an Australian immigration detention facility near the village of Woomera in South Australia. It was opened in November 1999 in response to an increase in unauthorised arrivals, which had exceeded the capacity of other detention facilities...
, a former immigration detention centre near Woomera Village - Woomera protocol, is a voip tool allowing support of multiple voip protocols
- CAC WoomeraCAC Woomera|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Ewer, Peter. Wounded Eagle: the bombing of Darwin and Australi's air defence scandal. Sydney: New Holland, 2009. ISBN 9781741108255...
, a prototype bomber aircraft designed by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation during World War II - 11195 Woomera11195 Woomera11195 Woomera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 15, 1999 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera, South Australia.- External links :*...
, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1999 - Woomera (crater), a crater on Mars