Moolap, Victoria

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Moolap
Geelong, Victoria

Salt pans at the Cheetham Saltworks.

Population:

696 (2006)^[1]

Postcode:

3221

Property Value:

AUD $319,000 (2006)

LGA:

City of Greater Geelong

Suburbs around Moolap:

Newcomb	Moolap	Leopold
	Whittington

Moolap is a residential and industrial suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The name Moolap is derived from an Aboriginal word for nearby Point Henry, moo-laa, thought to mean 'men gathering to go fishing'.

The Cheetham Saltworks were established in Moolap in 1888.

1 Point Henry
2 Census population
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Point Henry

Point Henry is an industrial peninsula of Geelong, located approximately 5 km east of the Geelong central business district. Only one sealed road leads to Point Henry, being Point Henry Road which leaves the Portarlington Road at Moolap and travels to the Alcoa's Point Henry aluminium smelter and smaller surrounding industries. A small weather station is also located on the peninsula.

[edit] Census population

1921 - 319
1947 - 651

[edit] See also

Point Henry smelter

[edit] References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Moolap (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.

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