Moores Pocket, Queensland

Coordinates: 27°35′56″S 152°46′57″E / 27.5988°S 152.7825°E / -27.5988; 152.7825 (Moores Pocket (centre of suburb))
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Moores Pocket
IpswichQueensland
Moores Pocket Road, 2023
Moores Pocket is located in Queensland
Moores Pocket
Moores Pocket
Coordinates27°35′56″S 152°46′57″E / 27.5988°S 152.7825°E / -27.5988; 152.7825 (Moores Pocket (centre of suburb))
Population736 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density820/km2 (2,120/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4305
Area0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)City of Ipswich
State electorate(s)Ipswich West
Federal division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Moores Pocket:
Tivoli North Booval North Booval
Basin Pocket Moores Pocket North Booval
East Ipswich North Booval North Booval

Moores Pocket is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Moores Pocket had a population of 736 people.[1]

Geography[edit]

As the name suggests, Moores Pocket is bounded by the winding Bremer River on all sides except the north-west where it is separated from the suburb of Tivoli by Boundary Road.[3]

History[edit]

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

The suburb was greatly damaged in the 1893 Brisbane River flood.[4]

The suburb was flooded in the 2011 Queensland floods.[5]

In the 2016 census, Moores Pocket had a population of 736 people.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moores Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Moores Pocket – suburb in City of Ipswich (entry 45057)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "MOORE'S POCKET". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol. XXXIV, no. 4932. Queensland, Australia. 11 February 1893. p. 5. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Aerial view of flood waters at Bremer Waters Residential Resort, Moore's Pocket Road, Tivoli, Ipswich, 2011". Picture Ipswich. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.