Mooreville is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
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in the
North-west and west LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about south-west of the town of
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
, Burnie had an urban popul ...
. The
2016 census has a population of 303 for the state suburb of Mooreville.
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While there are some residential allotments, the area is mainly agricultural farming land.
Services are located in the neighbouring suburb of East Cam.
The Mooreville Training Track (formerly Armytage) is an equine stud.
There was a former quarry in the area that was proposed to be infilled as land reclamation.
There are a few properties in the area and also in the neighbouring suburb of Ridgley that have exquisite gardens such as
the Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden.
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History
An early settler in the district, James Munce, named his property "Mooreville" after his parents' estate in England. Mooreville was gazetted as a locality in 1966.
Geography
The Emu River forms the south-eastern boundary, and Cooee Creek forms most of the western.
Road infrastructure
The B18 route (Ridgley Highway) passes through from south-west to south-east. Route C110 (Mooreville Road) starts at an intersection with B18 on the southern boundary and runs north through the locality.
References
External links
Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden
Suburbs of Burnie, Tasmania
Towns in Tasmania
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