Moogerah is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Moogerah had a population of 234 people.

Geography

The

Moogerah Dam The Moogerah Dam is a mass concrete double curvature arch dam with an un-gated spillway across the Reynolds Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for irrigation of the Reynold ...

() and its reservoir,

Lake Moogerah The Moogerah Dam is a concrete, mass concrete arch dam, double curvature arch dam with an Spillway#Types, un-gated spillway across the Reynolds Creek that is located in the South East Queensland, South East region of Queensland, Australia. The ma ...

() are located in the north of the locality. The lake is fed by Reynolds Creek. Moogerah has the following mountains: * Mount Alford (Teenaryvilla) () * Mount Asplenium () * Mount Greville (Meebalboogan) () * Mount Neilson () * Panorama Point () * The Bluff ()

History

The name ''Moogerah'' was used by Yuggera people, meaning ''thunder''. In 1906, dairy farms of were sold as the Moogera Paddock estate. The estate was centred around the confluence of Coulsen's and Reynold's Creek, land which is now under the

. One of the advertised benefits of the estate was its proximity to the proposed

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(a "straight" route from

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), which was never built. Moogerah Provisional School opened on 4 August 1908. It became Moogerah State School on 1 January 1909. The school closed in 1962. It was at 1601 Lake Moogerah Road (). Construction of the Moogerah Dam commenced in 1959 and was completed in 1961. Moogerah Dam Provisional School opened on 24 August 1959. It closed on 28 August 1961 with the remaining students transferred to Engelsburg State School in Kalbar (later renamed Kalbar State School). In the , Moogerah had a population of 234 people. The locality contains 133 households, in which 47.8% of the population are males and 52.2% of the population are females with a median age of 50, 12 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $945, $493 below the national average. 2.6% of Moogerah's population is either of Aborigional or Torres Strait Islander descent. 73.9% of the population aged 15 or over is either registered or de facto married, while 26.1% of the population is not married. 28.4% of the population is currently attending some form of a compulsory education. The most common nominated ancestries were Australian (28.8%), English (27.9%) and Irish (10.3%), while the most common country of birth was Australia (82.5%), and the most commonly spoken language at home was English (82.7%). The most common nominated religions were No religion (24.4%), Catholic (19.2%) and Not stated (16.2%). The most common occupation was a manager (28.9%) and the majority/plurality of residents worked 40 or more hours per week (52.4%).

Amenities

There are a number of boat ramps into Moogerah Dam, all managed by the Scenic Rim Regional Council: * Muller Park (Northern) boat ramp off Muller Park Road () * Muller Park (South) boat ramp off Muller Park road () * Moogerah Dam (Western) boat ramp off Ski Zone Road ()

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