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Having grown up in an Opal family. I remember travelling on rough dirt roads to the township of Coober Pedy on long weekends and for … Read more

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Mintabie Documentary

Mintabie Rough ‘This South Australian outback town offers the promise of opal and much more’. A Film by Al Lad, 2011.

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Queensland Documentaries

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‘From Cinderella to Waltzing Matilda’ – A Snapshot of the Opal Industry in Queensland.

Launched in 2010 as a 2 part DVD documentary exploring the history of the small, independent Opal fossickers and sapphire miners along the Tropic of Capricorn and the building of a heritage tourism industry.

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Coober Pedy Videos

National Geographic goes to Coober Pedy

 

In Australia’s outback, hardy prospectors search for a fortune in Opals. (c.2007)

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2015 Opal Shows Calendar

THE AUSTRALIAN Gem OPAL TRADE SHOW CIRCUIT 

Begining Easter time with the Coober Pedy Opal Festival. Then from mid July until early August; Winton, Yowah and Lightning Ridge hold festivals and the circuit culminates with the Australian Opal Exhibition on the Gold Coast in early August. 

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