What is Oodnadatta, South Australia?
[[File:Oodnadatta.jpg|thumb|220px|The Pink Roadhouse, Oodnadatta]] '''Oodnadatta''' is a small town in the north of [[South Australia]], 1011&nbsp;[[km]] from [[Adelaide]].<ref name=exoz>{{cite web |url= http://www.exploroz.com/Places/40347/SA/Oodnadatta.aspx |title=Oodnadatta SA |first= |last= |work=Exploroz.com |year=2011 |accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref> About 150 people live in the town, of whom 80% are [[Indigenous Australian|Aboriginal people]] from the [[Aranda]], [[Antakarainnja]], [[Luritja]] and [[Pitjantjatjara]] nations.<ref name=exoz/> The name ''Oodnadatta'' comes from an Aranda word, ''utnadata'', which means mulga blossom. Explorer [[John McDouall Stuart]] visited the area in 1859. His route was later used as the route for the [[Australian Overland Telegraph Line]] in 1872. The discovery of good [[artesian aquifer|artesian]] wells meant that a town could be set up for the building of the railway which eventually went to [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Towns in South Australia|Oodnadatta]] [[Category:Indigenous Australian communities]] [[Category:1890 establishments]] [[Category:1890s establishments in Australia]]