"Graham." wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:01:57 +0100, Scott M wrote:

David wrote:
The phrase:
"Flying Doctor to Wollombula Base" (or near phonetic offering) sticks in
my mind.

To now drag this thread off course, it seems 50s Brits had an obsession
with how Oz placenames should sound:

Flying Doctors: Wollumboola base

Journey into Space: Wongawolla launching ground

Bill Kerr's character in Hancock's Half Hour was from Wogga Wogga

:-)

The tracing station

It's a tracking station.

at Woomera was very important to NASA, including Project Apollo
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera,_South_Australia

Nothing like as important as Orroral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrora...acking_Station

Origin of the name[edit]
The name Woomera was suggested by Group Captain Alfred George Pither
of the RAAF and subsequently chosen by the Board of the Long Range
Weapons Establishment in April 1947.[5] The new Village was
established on Commonwealth land procured for the purpose, and named
after the Aboriginal spear throwing implement the woomera which
extends the range a spear can be thrown. During the 1960s, over 7,000
people lived and worked at Woomera and at Koolymilka campsite near
RangeHead, approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) west of Woomera village
within the Woomera Prohibited Area.