Moonyoonooka, Western Australia

Moonyoonooka
Western Australia
Moonyoonooka; Western Australia
	Moonyoonooka
Coordinates	28°46′56″S 114°43′20″E / 28.78222°S 114.72222°E
Population	245 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	6532
LGA(s)	City of Greater Geraldton
State electorate(s)	Geraldton
Federal division(s)	Durack

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]

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

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moonyoonooka (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "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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[Census2016Y-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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