Moorak South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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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] |
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. [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.