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Moculta
South Australia
Hill of grace wineyard.jpg
Gnadenberg Church and the Hill of Grace wineyard
Moculta is located in South Australia
Moculta
Moculta
Location in South Australia
Population 227 (shared with part of Truro) (2016 census)
Established 1842 (sub-division)
15 May 2003
Postcode(s) 5353
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 69 km (43 mi) NE of Adelaide
  • 12 km (7 mi) NE of Angaston
LGA(s) Barossa Council
County Light
State electorate(s) Schubert
Federal Division(s) Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.6 °C
71 °F		 9.2 °C
49 °F		 481.4 mm
19 in
Suburbs around Moculta:
Truro Truro Truro
Stockwell
Penrice		 Moculta Truro
Keyneton
Angaston Angaston
Keyneton		 Keyneton
Footnotes Location
Adjoining localities

Moculta is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Angaston. At the 2016 census, Moculta shared a population of 227 with part of Truro).

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.

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  • Mt. Karinya stone wall

    A dry stone wall at Mt Karinya near Moculta, South Australia.

  • Moculta farmland

    A dry stone wall at Mt Karinya near Moculta, South Australia.

  • Rosenzwieg cottage at Moculta

    The restored cottage of the Rosenzweig's at Moculta, built circa 1859 with farm equipment in the foreground.

  • Shannon farmhouse

    The ruins of the Shannon family's farmhouse at Moculta. The farmer who owns the property bulldozed what was left after the National Trust [SA] listed it as one of the "ten most significant places at risk in South Australia" in 2008. The steeple of the Gruenberg Lutheran church can be seen in the background.

  • Shannon mausoleum

    The Shannon family mausoleum outside of Moculta, South Australia.

  • Swan Reach-Stockwell Pipeline at Moculta

    The Swan Reach to Stockwell Pipeline at Moculta, South Australia.

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