Gibber Gabber

Gibber Gabber began as a local community magazine (or newsletter) for Woomera residents,[2][3] with the first issue on 11 August 1950.[4] It is published weekly on Fridays by the Woomera Board, whose aim is to build the sense of community, given its remote location.[5] The newspaper's main office is on Banool Avenue, Woomera.[6]

Local themes covered by the newspaper include:[3][7]

• The Woomera community
• Indigenous Australia, health and the environment
• Border protection - such as Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
• Rail transport - national, as well as Central Australia Railway, Northern Australian Railway, and the Trans-Australian Railway
• Space technology and the space race - e.g. Defence Science and Technology Group and the RAAF Woomera Range Complex
• Nurrungar and satellite tracking stations - Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar
• The Cold War - local atomic bomb testing at Maralinga
• Science fiction from the Cold War era - including reports of unidentified flying objects

The newspaper is distributed both in print form and also online.[3]

Microform versions of the newspaper from January 1991 are available from the State Library of South Australia and Australian National Library.[4][8] Some more recent issues are also available at Issuu.[9]

• Official website (outdated)
• Online issues (at Issuu.com)