Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory
Particle physics laboratory in Victoria
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| April 2024 | The SABRE collaboration published an executive summary providing in-depth details of the detector's design. |
| January 2024 | The main muon system for the SABRE experiment was installed at SUPL. |
| October 2023 | The first piece of equipment for the SABRE experiment, the muon veto, was installed at SUPL. |
| January 2023 | Data collection for the SABRE experiment is expected to begin. |
| 2022 | The SABRE experiment is planned to be constructed underground at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) during the last months of the year. |
| August 2022 | The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory officially opened after experiencing delays from corporate mergers, marking the establishment of one of only two underground particle physics laboratories in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| 2019 | The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory project resumed with $5 million allocated in the Australian federal budget. |
| 2019 | Construction of the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory began, located 1 km deep in the Stawell Gold Mine in Victoria, Australia. |
| July 2019 | A memorandum of understanding was signed between Stawell Gold Mines Pty Ltd, the Northern Grampians Shire Council, and the University of Melbourne to build and operate the laboratory. |
| December 2017 | A new mine owner announced their intention to reopen the mine and expressed support for the underground laboratory. |
| 2016 | Construction of the laboratory started, but was disrupted by a series of corporate mergers in the mining sector. |
| December 2016 | Stawell gold mine was shut down to a 'care and maintenance' state after new owners dismissed most of the labour force. |
| 2015 | The first phase of the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory received $1.75 million in funding from the Australian federal budget, with matching funding from Victoria. |
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