Moculta is a locality in the Australian state of

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located about north-east of the state capital of

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and about north-east of the municipal seat of Angaston. At the 2016 census, Moculta shared a population of 227 with part of

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). The earliest settlers in the area were English, Scottish and Irish migrants, among them the brothers Abraham and David Shannon. German migrants also came to the area from 1853. They built both the Gruenberg (1859) and Gnadenberg Lutheran churches. The township of Moculta itself was surveyed in 1865 and occupied soon after. The locality of Grünberg was renamed to Karalta as a consequence of the move to rename " names of enemy origin" during World War I, but has been named back to the anglicised Gruenberg since then. It is now included in Moculta and Penrice Gnadenberg is also now included in Moculta. English and Barossa are spoken here

Gallery

File:Mt. Karinya stone wall.JPG, A dry stone wall at Mt Karinya near Moculta, South Australia. File:Moculta farmland.JPG, A dry stone wall at Mt Karinya near Moculta, South Australia. File:Rosenzwieg cottage at Moculta.JPG, The restored cottage of the Rosenzweig's at Moculta, built circa 1859 with farm equipment in the foreground. File:Shannon farmhouse.JPG, The ruins of the Shannon family's farmhouse at Moculta in 2006. The steeple of the Gruenberg Lutheran church can be seen in the background. File:Shannon mausoleum.JPG, The Shannon family mausoleum outside of Moculta, South Australia. File:Swan Reach-Stockwell Pipeline at Moculta.JPG, The Swan Reach to Stockwell Pipeline at Moculta, South Australia.

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