Roxby Downs
- Local Government Area
- Roxby Downs
- Postcode
- 5725
- Population
- 3,671
- Area
- 3.83 km²
- Coordinates
- -30.5639, 136.9003
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Roxby Downs
Roxby Downs is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia about 511 kilometres (318 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide. The town was purpose-built to service the Olympic Dam mine, a poly-metallic operation owned by BHP producing copper, uranium, gold and silver, and was officially opened on 5 November 1988. Roxby Downs has many leisure and community facilities including swimming, cinema, cultural precinct, community radio, shopping centre, schools, TAFE, cafes and sporting clubs and facilities.
Nearby localities
- Olympic Dam 9 km
- Andamooka 28 km
- Andamooka Station 36 km
- Woomera 67 km
- Arcoona 76 km
- Pimba 78 km