Experiments conducted here focussed on rice as a potential export crop, as well as cattle rotation techniques. The Tortilla Flats Research Farm, originally known as the Upper Adelaide River Experiment Station operated from 1958-90 when the land was sold off to private owners. The land surrounding the locality is sparsely populated and mainly set aside for pastoral uses.ĭuring World War 2 an artillery and aerial weapons range was established to the south of the Coomalie Creek Airfield in the area now known as Tortilla Flats. It was also the site of an artillery and weapons range used by Australian and US forces during the Second World War. The locality is named after a farm established in 1958 by the Australian Government to conduct agricultural experiments.
It is located approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) south east of the Territory capital Darwin.
Tortilla Flats is a rural locality in the Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia.
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