Woomera Explained

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 facility and operation
  • RAAF Base Woomera, an operational Royal Australian Air Force military airbase located within the RAAF Woomera Range Complex
  • Woomera Launch Area 5, a rocket launch site on the RAAF Woomera Range Complex
• Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC), a former immigration detention centre
• Woomera, South Australia, a gazetted locality; also known as "Woomera Village"

Elsewhere

• 11195 Woomera, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1999
• Woomera (crater), a crater on Mars

Technology

• Woomera protocol, is a VoIP tool allowing support of multiple VoIP protocols

Military

• CAC Woomera, 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