Mooroobool is a suburb of Cairns Region local government area. It is located 5.4 km west of the central business district of Cairns

Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...

, Australia

Australia

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. At the 2006 census

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, Mooroobool had a population of 6,618.

Mooroobool has a mixture of residential dwellings which are mainly houses and commercial properties. Mooroobool has a Campbell’s Super IGA

IGA (supermarkets)

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, a police beat and a Westpac

Westpac

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 bank. Nearby suburbs are Earlville, Kanimbla and Brinsmead.

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Cairns Suburbs