Oodnadatta
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thumb|Oodnadatta railway station during World War II Oodnadatta is a small, remote outback town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia, located north-north-west of the state capital of Adelaide by road or direct, at an altitude of . The unsealed Oodnadatta Track, an outback road popular with tourists, runs through the town.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Oodnadatta
- Australian place.state
- SA
- Australian place.image
- The-Pink-Roadhouse-Oodnadatta.JPG
- Australian place.caption
- The Pink Roadhouse at Oodnadatta
- Australian place.established
- 30 October 1890 (town)8 February 2001 (locality)
- Australian place.postcode
- 5734
- Australian place.elevation
- 121
- Australian place.elevation_footnotes
- (railway station)
- Australian place.timezone
- ACST
- Australian place.utc
- +9:30
- Australian place.timezone dst
- ACST
- Australian place.utc dst
- +10:30
- Australian place.dist1
- 873
- Australian place.dir1
- N
- Australian place.location1
- Adelaide
- Australian place.dist2
- 544
- Australian place.footnotes
- LocationsAdjoining localities
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Origin of name
- History
- Telegraphs, camels and railways
- World War II
- 21st century
- Access, facilities, attractions
- Historic buildings
- Oodnadatta Aboriginal School
- Climate
- Governance
- Oodnadatta on Mars
- People
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Oodnadatta railway station during World War II Oodnadatta is a small, remote outback town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia, located north-north-west of the state capital of Adelaide by road or direct, at an altitude of . The unsealed Oodnadatta Track, an outback road popular with tourists, runs through the town.
Town facilities include a hotel, caravan park, post office, general stores, police station, hospital, fuel and minor mechanical repairs. The old railway station now serves as a museum. From the 1880s to the 1930s, Oodnadatta was a base for camel drivers and their animals, which provided cartage when the railway was under construction and along outback tracks before roads were established.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oodnadatta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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