Moorak, South Australia

Town in South Australia

37°51′49″S 140°44′18″E / 37.8635°S 140.7382°E / -37.8635; 140.7382Population1,412 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1999^[2]Postcode(s)5291LGA(s)District Council of Grant^[2]RegionLimestone Coast^[3]CountyGrey^[2]State electorate(s)Mount Gambier^[4]Federal division(s)Barker^[5]

Mean max temp^[6]	Mean min temp^[6]	Annual rainfall^[6]
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^[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.

References

^ 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

Towns and localities of the District Council of Grant

Limestone Coast, South Australia

Cities

Mount Gambier

Towns and localities

Governance

Federal division	Division of Barker
State electoral districts	Electoral district of MacKillop Electoral district of Mount Gambier
Local Government	City of Mount Gambier District Council of Grant District Council of Robe Kingston District Council Naracoorte Lucindale Council Tatiara District Council Wattle Range Council

Hills, mountains and volcanoes

Mount Benson
Mount Gambier
Mount Schank

Caves, sinkholes and freshwater lakes

Islands

Baudin Rocks
Penguin

Coastal features

Cape Banks
Cape Jaffa
Cape Northumberland
Discovery Bay (part only)
Guichen Bay
Lacepede Bay
Margaret Brock Reef
Rivoli Bay

Protected areas

National parks	Canunda Coorong (southern end only) Naracoorte Caves
Conservation parks	Aberdour Baudin Rocks Bangham Beachport Belt Hill Big Heath Butchers Gap Calectasia Carpenter Rocks Christmas Rocks Custon Desert Camp Dingley Dell Douglas Point Ewens Ponds Fairview Furner Geegeela Glen Roy Gower Grass Tree Guichen Bay Gum Lagoon Hacks Lagoon Hanson Scrub Jip Jip Kungari Lake Frome Lake Hawdon South Lake St Clair Little Dip Lower Glenelg River Mary Seymour Mount Monster Mount Scott Mullinger Swamp Nene Valley Ngarkat Padthaway Paranki Lagoon Penambol Penguin Island Penola Piccaninnie Ponds Pine Hill Soak Reedy Creek Talapar Tantanoola Caves Telford Scrub Tilley Swamp Vivigani Ardune Woakwine Wolseley Common
Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Lake Robe Poocher Swamp
Conservation reserves	Desert Camp Bernouilli Hardings Springs
Marine parks	Upper South East Lower South East