Moonyoonooka, Western Australia

Moonyoonooka
Western Australia
Moonyoonooka
Coordinates28°46′56″S 114°43′20″E / 28.78222°S 114.72222°E / -28.78222; 114.72222
Population286 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)6532
Area158.9 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.

Moonyoonooka is the site of Glengarry Homestead, the birthplace of Edith Cowan, the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament.