Moores Pocket, Queensland

Moores Pocket
Ipswich, Queensland

Population

746 (2011)^[1]

Postcode(s)

4305

Location

40 km (25 mi) from Brisbane
4 km (2 mi) from Ipswich

LGA(s)

City of Ipswich

State electorate(s)

Electoral district of Ipswich West

Federal Division(s)

Blair

Suburbs around Moores Pocket:
Tivoli	North Booval	North Booval
Basin Pocket	Moores Pocket	North Booval
East Ipswich	East Ipswich	North Booval

Moores Pocket is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 746.^[1] Moores Pocket occupies a peninsula or pocket created by the winding Brisbane River.

The origin of the suburb name is from Thomas Moore, an early blacksmith in the area.^[2]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Moores Pocket (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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Suburbs in the City of Ipswich, South East Queensland

Amberley Ashwell Augustine Heights Barellan Point Basin Pocket Bellbird Park Blacksoil Blackstone Booval Brassall Brookwater Bundamba Calvert Camira Carole Park Churchill Chuwar Coalfalls Collingwood Park Deebing Heights Dinmore East Ipswich Eastern Heights Ebenezer Ebbw Vale Flinders View Gailes Goodna Goolman Grandchester Haigslea Ipswich Ironbark Jeebropilly Karalee Karrabin Lanefield Leichhardt Limestone Ridges Lower Mount Walker Marburg Moores Pocket Mount Forbes Mount Marrow Mount Mort Mount Walker West Muirlea Mutdapilly New Chum Newtown North Booval North Ipswich North Tivoli One Mile Peak Crossing Pine Mountain Purga Raceview Redbank Redbank Plains Ripley Riverview Rosewood Sadliers Crossing Silkstone South Ripley Spring Mountain Springfield Springfield Central Springfield Lakes Swanbank Tallegalla Thagoona The Bluff Tivoli Walloon West Ipswich White Rock Willowbank Woodend Woolshed Wulkuraka Yamanto

Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

Coordinates: 27°36′S 152°47′E / 27.600°S 152.783°E / -27.600; 152.783

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