Moorabool () is a 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. I ...

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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 energy storage system (BESS) facility adjacent to the Moorabool Terminal Station (substation) near Geelong in Victoria, Australia. The battery provides 450 MWh of storage and can discharge a ...

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 * Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Moorabool River Railway Viaduct

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