Moorak is a southern suburb of Mount Gambier – a city in South Australia.
The name Moorak may be a
native
Native may refer to:
People
* '' Jus sanguinis'', nationality by blood
* '' Jus soli'', nationality by location of birth
* Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
** Nat ...
word for "Mountain", but not from the local tribe, according to
Doctor Browne who was an early landowner.
[ vide "History of the South East" page 124 by H.C.Talbot]
Moorak is located within the federal
division of Barker
The Division of Barker is an Australian electoral division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member d ...
, the state
electoral district of Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the far south-east corner of the state containing the City of Mount Gambier and District Council of Grant local government areas. It is ...
and the local government area of the
District Council of Grant.
[ It is also part of Mount Gambier's urban sprawl.
]
See also
* Kilsby sinkhole
References
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Towns in South Australia
Limestone Coast