In 1915, the first opal was found, leading to the establishment of the town the following year. The name Coober Pedy was adopted in 1920. It is not uncommon for temperatures in the town to climb ...

After about 10 years in each of Port Pirie and Port Augusta, he moved further north to lead Coober Pedy’s Catholic Church of St Peter and St Paul, which had become the town’s first underground church ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from SA News. Followed categories will be added to My News. He’s changed more blown tyres than he cares to remember on dirt tracks on route to destinations as far ...

There are fears an outback serial killer could be at large after a number of deaths over the decades remain unsolved.

A 12-year-old boy who went missing in Alice Springs has been found more than 600km away in a remote South Australian town, as police ... and well” in the Coober Pedy area in South Australia ...

From Kununurra to Atherton and Winton, the median house prices in well-known outback towns have spiked – in some cases by double digits – over the past 12 months.

The Whyalla steelworks was reportedly losing $1.5m a day and bled $319m in seven months before the state government’s ...