Moonyoonooka, Western Australia

Moonyoonooka is a rural locality on the eastern margin of Geraldton, in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It contains Geraldton Airport. At the 2016 census, Moonyoonooka had a population of 245. Of employed people, 22.4% worked in the vegetable horticulture industry. Notably 9.1% of residents speak Vietnamese at home, eight times the national average.[1]

Moonyoonooka
Western Australia
Moonyoonooka
Coordinates28°46′56″S 114°43′20″E
Population245 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)6532
LGA(s)City of Greater Geraldton
State electorate(s)Geraldton
Federal Division(s)Durack

Moonyoonoka is the site of Glengarry Homestead, the birthplace of Edith Dircksey Cowan OBE, the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament.[2]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moonyoonooka (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. "Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places Place Record: Glengarry" (PDF). City of Greater Geraldton. 13 December 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 5 May 2019.



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