Cultana Training Area

{{Short description|Australian Army training area}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}

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| nearest_town = Port Augusta

| country = Australia

| image = Australian Army CH-47 Chinook lifts a M777A2 Howitzer during Exercise Predator Strike at Cultana Training Area June 12, 2016.jpg

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| caption = An Australian Army helicopter lifting a howitzer at Cultana Training Area in 2016

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| ownership = Department of Defence (Australia)

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The Cultana Training Area is an Australian Army training area on northeastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia between Port Augusta, 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 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. The lease of the land (from the Government of South Australia) includes provisions for mining access. It also has an Indigenous land use agreement with the Barngarla people.{{Cite web |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/id/cultana%5Cdefault.asp |title=Cultana Training Area Expansion Project |accessdate=21 July 2015}}