Mooball, New South Wales

Mooball is a locality in the Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

History[edit]

The name of the town is from the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word 'mobool', the cane of a lawyer vine.^[1]

In March 2012, Mooball was declared free of plastic bags.^[2]

In 2016, an unusually high number of cancer cases in residents of Mooball raised concerns about whether there were radioactive elements introduced through a local sand mining business.^[3]

Thanks to its rural setting, Mooball is a popular tourist destination, whose attraction includes black-and-white cow style markings.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Mooball". GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT. New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "Bilambil says no to plastic bags". Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Turnbull, Samantha (21 Apr 2016). "Possible cancer cluster divides residents in NSW village of Mooball". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

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[town_record-1] "Mooball". GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT. New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[2] "Bilambil says no to plastic bags". Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[3] Turnbull, Samantha (21 Apr 2016). "Possible cancer cluster divides residents in NSW village of Mooball". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

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