The Cultana Training Area is an Australian Army

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on northeastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia between

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, Whyalla and Iron Knob. It includes the former Baxter Detention Centre. The training area was enlarged in 2014 to accommodate training needs of 1st Brigade and

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. The lease of the land (from the

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) includes provisions for mining access. It also has an Indigenous land use agreement with the Barngarla people.

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