Moorook, South Australia
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| Moorook South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Moorook | |||||||||||||||
  Moorook | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′53″S 140°21′48″E / 34.281252°S 140.363373°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 171 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 9 November 1922 (town) 28 September 2000 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5332 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Loxton Waikerie | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Moorook is a small town in the Australian state of South Australia,[1] one of a series of towns surrounding lakes in the Riverland region.[5]
Moorook was surveyed in 1922 on the left bank of the River Murray where it flows northwards between Loxton and Kingston on Murray. It 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.[6] The dominant industry is citrus fruit growing; a large processing factory is located there.[7]
Located 6 kilometres (4 miles) south-west of Moorook 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.[7]
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