Moorak South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Moorak from the road aroundBlue Lake, ca 1932 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°51′49″S140°44′18″E / 37.8635°S 140.7382°E /-37.8635; 140.7382 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,412 (SAL2021)[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] |
Moorak is a southern suburb of Mount Gambier – a city in South Australia.
The name Moorak may be anative word for "Mountain", but not from the local tribe, according toDoctor Browne who was an early landowner.[7]
Moorak is located within the federaldivision of Barker, the stateelectoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of theDistrict Council of Grant.[5][4][2] It is also part of Mount Gambier's urban sprawl.