It is located in South Australia in the gazetted locality of Wooltana about 35 km from Lake Frome at the northern end of the Flinders Ranges.

Ultimately, ten protesters were found to have been subjected to unnecessary force, including the use of batons and capsicum spray and nine adults were locked in a shipping container.

Multiple charges of assault and false imprisonment were laid against the South Australian Police, and $724,550 was awarded to the plaintiffs by Supreme Court Justice Timothy Anderson in April 2010.

[8] One of the plaintiffs, Lucinda White told The Advertiser after the trial:"People have a right not to be bashed, beaten and falsely imprisoned by police.

I am absolutely stunned this sort of thing can happen in South Australia.”[9]In 2005, the Four Mile uranium deposit was discovered a few kilometres north-west of Beverley.

Following unprecedented public pressure, the South Australian government announced on 22 July 2011 that steps would be taken to ban mining and exploration in Arkaroola.