Cooper Pedy is derived from the aboriginal word Kupa Piti, meaning ‘ white man in a hole’. The miners started digging underground dugouts to escape the scouring heat that reaches over 40 50deg celsius in the summer. Now nearly 50% of the population lives underground.
Cooper Pedy is the largest producer of opals in the world has the largest opal mining area with over 70 opal fields. Nearly 85% of Opals world wide are mined in Cooper Ped..... More