Moorabool is a bounded rural locality of the

City of Greater Geelong The City of Greater Geelong is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and, had a population of 271,057 as of the 2021 Australian census. ...

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Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Au ...

History

Moorabool Post Office opened on 1 October 1861 and closed in 1960. In 2021, the

Victorian Big Battery The Victorian Big Battery is a grid-connected battery electricity storage facility adjacent to the Moorabool Terminal Station ( substation) near Geelong in Victoria, Australia. The battery provides 450 MWh of storage and can discharge at 300 MW ...

began operations at Moorabool.

Heritage listed sites

Moorabool contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: * Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Cowies Creek Rail Bridge No. 2 * 275 Ballan Road,

Moorabool railway station Moorabool is a closed railway station on the Geelong–Ballarat railway line, in the locality of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia. Until 1864 it was called Steiglitz Road. The station building was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1861, ...

* Geelong-Ballarat railway line,

Moorabool River Railway Viaduct Moorabool is a bounded rural locality of the City of Greater Geelong local government area in Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most popul ...

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Towns in Victoria (state) 1861 establishments in Australia Suburbs of Geelong {{BarwonSouthWest-geo-stub