Moculta, South Australia facts for kids

Moculta
Moculta; South Australia
	Gnade384 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Moculta”)
Established	1842
Postcode(s)	5353
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
	Suburbs around Moculta:
Footnotes	Location; Climate; 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 2006 census, Moculta shared a population of 384 with parts of the neighbouring localities of Angaston and Truro.

The earliest settlers in the area were English, Scottish and Irish migrants. 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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A dry stone wall at Mt Karinya near Moculta, South Australia.
A dry stone wall at Mt Karinya near Moculta, South Australia.
The restored cottage of the Rosenzweig's at Moculta, built circa 1859 with farm equipment in the foreground.
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.
The Shannon family mausoleum outside of Moculta, South Australia.
The Swan Reach to Stockwell Pipeline at Moculta, South Australia.

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