Article "Farewell to Con" CPT September 1988 p37 Tells of the life of Con Stingas, in Greece during WW II and of his life in Australia, coming to Coober Pedy in the 1960's. Stingas Road on the Flat is named after him. Actual name according to cemetery records is Konstantine Stiggas Greek spelling of his name Tsigas. He had the nickname "Spy" due to his undercover activities for the British during the war.
Coober Pedy residents 1934 - 1970 (alternate years) Listed in the SandsMcDougall SA Directory HS 00105
Article on John Joseph "Jack" Kean & the plaque dedication at the Kean Reserve - CPT 18-7-1990 Mentions Mayor John Thrower and Department of Lands Surveyor Jack Kean
Main Office of Opal Inn Hotel/Motel on Hutchison Street in 2010 Coro Family sold both Opal Inn and Desert Cave to Black Rhino Group in 2021-22
Business block opposite Opal Inn on Hutchison Street in 2010 Included office for Tom's Working Mine owned by Noel & Helen Tippett, Car Wash, Bus Depot and Real Estate Office
Town Hall in 2010. No longer in use. It was moved from Maralinga to Coober Pedy in 1976 and opened in February 1977
2010 view of Laundromat, Coober Pedy Central bus station , Coober Pedy Real Estate and Car Wash. Situated opposite Opal Inn Hotel/Motel on Hutchison Street
Lot 4 Hutchison Street in 2010 - destroyed by fire in July 2012 Businesses included Desert Grill formerly Traces, Opal Down Under, Coffee Club (upstairs), Cafe formerly Breakaways Cafe, Mandy's Hair Design formerly Charlie the Butcher and Dentist surgery, Opal Gallery, Opal City Chinese Restaurant, Northern Regional Development Board formerly Multiculural Forum Office and Westpac
SA Government Gazette entry on June 27 1968 Section 445, north out of hundreds, out of counties, dedicated to Waterworks Reserve at Coober Pedy
SA Government Gazette entry on September 5 1963 I. Revocation of 5/2/1959 gazetted Reserve for Aborigines 2. Declaration of Reserve for Aborigines in the Schedule Section 8, north out of hundreds, out of counties