Moonyoonooka Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 28°46′56″S 114°43′20″E / 28.78222°S 114.72222°E |
Population | 286 (SAL 2021)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 6532 |
Area | 158.9 km2 (61.4 sq mi) |
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.[2]
Moonyoonooka is the site of Glengarry Homestead, the birthplace of Edith Cowan, the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament.[3]