Earth:Moorak, South Australia

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Short description: Town in South Australia
Moorak
South Australia
Moorak from the Road Around Blue Lake(GN08463).jpg
Moorak from the road around Blue Lake, ca 1932
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Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 37°51′49″S 140°44′18″E / 37.8635°S 140.7382°E / -37.8635; 140.7382
Established1999[1]
Postcode(s)5291
LGA(s)District Council of Grant[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[2]
CountyGrey[1]
State electorate(s)Mount Gambier[3]
Federal Division(s)Barker[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
19.0 °C
66 °F
8.2 °C
47 °F
708.4 mm
27.9 in
Localities around Moorak:
Burrungule Compton
Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier
Kongorong Moorak OB Flat
Kongorong Mount Schank OB Flat
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Moorak is a southern suburb of Mount Gambier - a city in South Australia.

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.[6]

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.[4][3][1] It is also part of Mount Gambier’s urban sprawl.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "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. http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#. Retrieved 22 August 2016. 
  2. "Limestone Coast SA Government region". The Government of South Australia. http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf. Retrieved 10 October 2014. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=569&Itemid=0. Retrieved 28 March 2016. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Federal electoral division of Barker". Australian Electoral Commission. http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2016. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026021.shtml. Retrieved 17 August 2016. 
  6. "Placename Details: Moorak". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 5 February 2008. http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#. Retrieved 31 August 2015.  vide "History of the South East" page 124 by H.C.Talbot