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Coober Pedy News

Coober Pedy - A Town Fearful Of Itself

Wednesday July 21, 1993
South Australian police are expected to offer a $100,000 reward for information revealing the fate of a German tourist, Anne Margarete Marlies Neumann, who disappeared recently from Coober Pedy. Ms Neumann, 29, is the third young woman to disappear from the outback mining town in the far north

Sa Police Hunt For Missing German Traveller

Sunday July 18, 1993
Coober Pedy, the opal mining town in the far north of South Australia, is again in shock after the suspected murder of a German backpacker within hours of her arrival in the town. After the latest disappearance, SA police have again warned of the dangers of backpacking and hitchhiking in rural