Moorook, South Australia
| Moorook South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Moorook | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′53″S 140°21′48″E / 34.281252°S 140.363373°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 171 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 9 November 1922 (town) 28 September 2000 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| 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, one of a series of towns surrounding lakes in the Riverland region.
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. The dominant industry is citrus fruit growing; a large processing factory is located there.
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.