Mooball, New South Wales

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Mooball is a locality in the Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia. [1]

History

The name of the town is from the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word 'mobool', the cane of a lawyer vine. [1]

In March 2012, Mooball was declared free of plastic bags. [2]

In 2016, an unusually high number of cancer cases in residents of Mooball raised concerns about whether there were radioactive elements introduced through a local sand mining business. [3]

Thanks to its rural setting, Mooball is a popular tourist destination, whose attraction includes black-and-white cow style markings.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mooball". GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT. New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. "Bilambil says no to plastic bags" . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. Turnbull, Samantha (21 Apr 2016). "Possible cancer cluster divides residents in NSW village of Mooball". ABC News . Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 28 March 2018.