The town of Coober Pedy in South Australia is a major source of which gemstone?
District Council of Coober Pedy District Council of Coober Pedy The District Council of Coober Pedy is a local government area located around the opal mining town of the same name in Outback South Australia. The district's economy is based on the large opal deposits found beneath it, which have made it a major mining centre and also a popular tourist destination. The town of Coober Pedy was settled entirely for the large finds of opal nearby, with the first deposits uncovered in 1915, before substantially more miners moved in by 1917. The town was named ‘Coober Pedy’ by the local Progress and Miners Association
Coober Pedy producers, with parts of "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", "" and "Pitch Black" having been filmed in the area. A rare exhibition cachet, signed by Coober Pedy Postmaster Alfred P. North, was discovered in Memphis, Tennessee on 3 February 2016. To date, it is the only known example of this cachet in the world. Coober Pedy Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. In the 2016 Census, there were 1,762 people in Coober Pedy (State Suburbs). Of these 962 were male and 801 were