Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar Joint Defence Facility Nurrungar (JDFN), located on the edge of Island Lagoon, approximately 15 km south of Woomera, South Australia, was an Earth station in Australia operated jointly by the Australian Department of Defence and the United States Air Force from 1969 through to 1999. Its official area of emphasis was space-based surveillance, in particular the early detection of missile launches and nuclear detonations using U.S. Defense Support Program satellites in geostationary orbits. The name "Nurrungar" derives from an aboriginal term meaning "listen". During the Cold War the site was crucially important to America's defences, being
Inverbrackie, South Australia the facility by the end of the year, and there was speculation as to what the facility would be used for in the future. The last of the asylum seekers were moved out of Inverbrackie in mid December 2014. Inverbrackie, South Australia Inverbrackie is a locality in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It includes the Woodside Barracks (16th Air Land Regiment), South Australia, although there are also some other residents and businesses in Inverbrackie. It is about 3 km from Woodside. It is on the Nairne to Woodside road. The speed limit changes from 100 kilometres an hour