Digging for Opal in Coober Pedy, Australia • PASSPORT PIXELS
The History of Opal Mining in Coober Pedy. The name Coober Pedy (sometimes misspelled ''Cooper Pedy'') comes from the Aboriginal words Kupa Piti – said to mean "white man in a hole" – and when you see the opal fields you''ll understand why.. White men have been digging holes here since 1915, when a 14yearold boy named Willie, who was working for a team of goldprospectors at the ...