Moorak is a southern suburb of Mount Gambier - a city in South Australia.
| Moorak South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Moorak from the road around Blue Lake, ca 1932 | |||||||||||||||
  Moorak | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°51′49″S 140°44′18″E / 37.8635°S 140.7382°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,412 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1999[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5291 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Grant[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[3] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Grey[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mount Gambier[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[2] | ||||||||||||||
The name Moorak may be a native word for "Mountain", but not from the local tribe, according to Doctor Browne who was an early landowner.[7]
Moorak is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant.[5][4][2] It is also part of Mount Gambier’s urban sprawl.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moorak (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Search result for "Moorak (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0046076) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ a b "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Placename Details: Moorak". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 5 February 2008. SA0046076. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015. vide "History of the South East" page 124 by H.C.Talbot
