Woomera

Woomera

Woomera may refer to:

*Woomera (spear-thrower), an Indigenous Australian spear-throwing tool.
*Woomera, South Australia, a town named after this tool
*Woomera Prohibited Area, is a weapons testing range and rocket-launch site
**Woomera Instrumented Range
*Woomera Airfield
*Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, a former immigration detention centre near the town
*Woomera protocol, is a voip tool allowing support of multiple voip protocols


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  • Woomera — Le parc à fusées sud de Woomera Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Woomera — bezeichnet eine Stadt in Australien: Woomera (Australien) eine Waffe der Aborigine: Woomera (Waffe) ein ehemaliges Sperrgebiet in Australien: Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) Diese Seite ist eine Begrif …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Woomera —   [ wʊməra], Ort im zentralen South Australia, nahe der Transkontinentalbahn, 1 700 Einwohner; Zentrum eines militärischen Sperrgebietes (130 000 km2, Testgelände für Raketen, Flugzeuge, Waffen), das nach Nordwesten bis in die Great Victoria… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • woomera — [wo͞o′mər ə] n. [Austral native name] a spear throwing device used by Australian Aborigines …   English World dictionary

  • Woomera — /ˈwʊmərə/ (say woomuhruh) noun a town in southern SA, west of Lake Torrens; established as a personnel base for the Weapons Research Establishment under the UK Australia Long Range Weapons Agreement in 1948; rocket launches and British nuclear… …  

  • Woomera — Campo de experimentación de proyectiles cohetes y bombas atómicas y de hidrógeno, situado al noroeste de Australia, estado de Australia Meridional, en pleno desierto. Anexa a él se encuentra la ciudad del mismo nombre, donde residen los… …   Wikipedia Español

  • woomera — (entrée créée par le supplément) (ou mè ra) s. m. Chez les Australiens, bâton à lancer la zagaie. •   La zagaie se lance avec une merveilleuse précision à cinquante pas avec la main, et jusqu à cent cinquante avec le woomera, Journ. offic. 9… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Woomera Prohibited Area — (WPA) is a weapons testing range located in central South Australia, with its south eastern corner located approximately convert|450|km|mi north north west of Adelaide. The Woomera Prohibited Area has an area of convert|127000|km2|sqmi [cite… …   Wikipedia

  • Woomera (Australien) — Woomera Staat: Australien Bundesstaat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Woomera, South Australia — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Woomera state = sa caption = Location of Woomera in South Australia (red lga = postcode = est = 1947 pop = 295 [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearch… …   Wikipedia

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