7-805: Moorook may refer to. Moorook, South Australia , a town and locality Moorook Game Reserve , a protected area in South Australia Moorook Island - refer List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia Moorook railway line , a former railway line in South Australia Hundred of Moorook , a cadastral unit in South Australia See also [ edit ] Moorook West Wood Camp Topics referred to by
14-488: Is Yinkanie , the terminus of the former Moorook railway line , which was open from 1925 to 1971. Intense lobbying by the residents of Kingston On Murray, 8 kilometres (5 miles) to the north, to have the terminus there, ironically resulted in neither becoming the destination. Moorook had earlier been one of the experimental Village Settlements . These were established by the South Australian government under Part VII of
21-518: Is 6 kilometres (4 miles) south of the Sturt Highway . Moorook South, the most populated part of the town, is opposite Moorik Isle and 3 kilometres (2 miles) upstream of most of Moorook Game Reserve , which surrounds and contains Wachtels Lagoon, a 660 hectares (2.5 square miles) area of water fed by the river. The dominant industry is citrus fruit growing; a large processing factory is located there. Located 6 kilometres (4 miles) south-west of Moorook
28-581: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Moorook, South Australia Moorook is a small town in the Australian state of South Australia , one of a series of towns surrounding lakes in the Riverland region . Moorook was surveyed in 1922 on the left bank of the River Murray where it flows northwards between Loxton and Kingston on Murray . It
35-672: The Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893, in an attempt to mitigate the effects of the depression then affecting the Colony. The Hundred of Moorook was proclaimed in 1893 to facilitate closer settlement of that part of the County of Albert . The Hundred extends from the Murray River on its northern and northeastern boundary south almost to the Stott Highway and town of Wunkar . it includes the towns of Kingston On Murray and Moorook as well as
42-461: The localities of Wigley Flat , Yinkanie , Wappilka and most of Woolpunda . The Moorook railway line extended to service the hundred from 1925. This South Australia geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yinkanie, South Australia Yinkanie is a locality, formerly a small settlement established at the terminus of the Moorook railway line , in
49-410: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Moorook . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moorook&oldid=879844491 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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