Woomera () originally refers to:
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Woomera (spear-thrower)
A woomera is a wooden Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device. Similar to an atlatl, it serves as an extension of the human arm, enabling a spear to travel at a greater speed and force than possible with only the arm.
Name
The word "woom ...
, an Indigenous Australian spear-throwing tool
Woomera may also refer to:
Places
Australia
South Australia
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RAAF Woomera Range Complex
The RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC) is a major Australian military and civil aerospace facility and operation located in South Australia, approximately north-west of Adelaide. The WRC is operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), a di ...
, a major Australian military and civil aerospace facility and operation
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RAAF Base Woomera
RAAF Base Woomera (WMA), was proclaimed by Chief of Air Force Directive in January 2015. RAAF Base Woomera and the RAAF Woomera Test Range (WTR) are the two formations which make up the RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC). RAAF Base Woomera consi ...
, an operational Royal Australian Air Force military airbase located within the RAAF Woomera Range Complex
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Woomera Launch Area 5
Launch Area 5 (LA5) is an operational site at the RAAF Woomera Test Range which forms the primary operational capability of the Woomera Range Complex. Originally LA5 was a rocket launch site which supported a number of British experimental la ...
, a rocket launch site on the RAAF Woomera Range Complex
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Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
The Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC) was an Australian immigration detention facility near the village of Woomera in South Australia. It was opened in November 1999 in response to an increase in unauthorised arriva ...
(IRPC), a former immigration detention centre
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Woomera, South Australia
Woomera, unofficially Woomera village, refers to the domestic area of RAAF Base Woomera. Woomera village has always been a Defence-owned and operated facility. The village is located on the traditional lands of the Kokatha people in the Far ...
, a gazetted locality; also known as "Woomera Village"
Elsewhere
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11195 Woomera, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1999
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Woomera (crater)
Woomera () originally refers to:
* Woomera (spear-thrower), an Indigenous Australian spear-throwing tool
Woomera may also refer to:
Places
Australia
South Australia
*RAAF Woomera Range Complex, a major Australian military and civil aerospace f ...
, a
crater on Mars
Technology
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Woomera protocol
Woomera () originally refers to:
* Woomera (spear-thrower), an Indigenous Australian spear-throwing tool
Woomera may also refer to:
Places
Australia
South Australia
*RAAF Woomera Range Complex, a major Australian military and civil aerospace f ...
, is a
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The terms Internet t ...
tool allowing support of multiple VoIP protocols
Military
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CAC Woomera
The CAC Woomera, also known as the CAC CA-4 and CAC CA-11, was an Australian bomber aircraft that was designed and constructed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation during World War II. The order for the Woomera was cancelled before it became ...
, a prototype bomber aircraft designed by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation during World War II
*, a vessel used for carrying armament and stores; in service from 1945 to 1960
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