Moresby, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 28°44′06″S 114°40′19″E / 28.735°S 114.672°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Geraldton | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total(s) | 944 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6530 | ||||||||||||
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Moresby is a locality northeast of Geraldton, Western Australia, on the north bank of the Chapman River. Its local government area is the City of Greater Geraldton.
The locality was gazetted in 1980.[2]
In the 2016 census, Moresby had a population of 870.[3]
In 2019, Singapore-based developer Pip Holdings proposed to build a "rural Chinatown" in the suburb, with up to 1,500 houses, a commercial centre, and a school, all designed for Chinese immigrants.[4] The project was suspended indefinitely in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
