The Australian Opal Centre is located in Lightning Ridge, on Yuwaalaraay Country, in the Far West region of New South Wales.
The Centre is an extraordinary national museum being developed in the outback opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales to preserve, display and research the greatest ever public collection of Australian opal, opalised fossils and the colourful history and heritage of the Australian opal fields.
The Australian Opal Centre is located in Lightning Ridge, on Yuwaalaraay Country, in the Far West region of New South Wales.
The Centre is an extraordinary national museum being developed in the outback opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales to preserve, display and research the greatest ever public collection of Australian opal, opalised fossils and the colourful history and heritage of the Australian opal fields.
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