Moolooloo
{{distinguish|Mooleulooloo, South Australia}}
{{Short description|Pastoral lease in South Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
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File:Moutain at Moolooloo(GN10247).jpg
Moolooloo Station (also known as Moolooloo and Moorillah Stations) is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in South Australia.
It is situated approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} north west of Blinman and {{convert|47|km|mi|0}} south of Leigh Creek.
The property was established in 1851 and originally known as Oratunga Station. John McKinley and his brother stocked the property with sheep and built a stone hut known as Howannigan, the ruins of which can still be seen today.{{cite web|url=http://www.moolooloo.com.au/index.php?id_pag=14|title=Moolooloo History|year=2008|accessdate=5 August 2014|publisher=Moolooloo Station}} John and James Chambers acquired the station in 1853. Five leases totalling {{convert|18|sqmi|sqkm}} were taken up between 1853 and 1858.Margaret Goyder Kerr Colonial Dynasty: The Chambers family of South Australia {{ISBN|0 7270 1097 2}} Copper was found by James Chambers and William Finke in 1857 along the southern boundary. The pair worked the deposit, establishing the Oratunga mine.{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/miningnfl2.htm|title=Mining in the Northern Flinders Ranges|year=2014|accessdate=5 August 2014|publisher=Flinders Ranges Research}} The store at Moolooloo burnt down in 1861, with the Chambers losing a large supply in the resulting explosion.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90031046 |title=Wayman's case |newspaper=South Australian Weekly Chronicle |location=Adelaide, South Australia |date=9 February 1861 |accessdate=6 August 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} In 1863 the woolshed and adjoining sheep yards were destroyed by a fire that was started accidentally.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90258880 |title=Mount Deception |newspaper=South Australian Weekly Chronicle |location=Adelaide, South Australia |date=14 March 1863 |accessdate=6 August 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
In 1870 Philip Levi's company disposed of many of its properties including Moolooloo and Wirrealpa, Oulnina and Wadnaminga, Mount Margaret and Booleroo Station. Together these properties were stocked with over 70,000 sheep and 3,000 cattle.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73056570 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide, South Australia |date=8 August 1870 |accessdate=16 August 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Moolooloo and Moorillah Stations are currently both run by the same family and together occupy an area of {{convert|609|km2|sqmi|0}}. The shearers' quarters are used now for tourist accommodation.{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9005163|title=Moolooloo Station|year=2013|accessdate=4 August 2014|publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission}}
The land occupying the extent of the Moolooloo pastoral lease was gazetted as two localities by the Government of South Australia on 26 April 2013 under the names Moolooloo and Moorillah.{{cite web|title=Search results for ‘Moorillah, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/|website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=20 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Search results for ‘Moolooloo, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/|website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=20 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Search result for 'Moorillah, LOCB' with the following layers selected - 'Suburbs' and 'Pastoral Stations' |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/NatureMaps/Pages/default.aspx |website=Nature Maps |publisher=South Australian government|accessdate=20 February 2018}}{{cite map |url= https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7018/Rack_Plan_951_Map.pdf |title= Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas |id= Rack Plan 951 |publisher= Government of South Australia |date= 31 October 2012 |accessdate= 5 September 2015 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004500/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7018/Rack_Plan_951_Map.pdf |archivedate= 23 September 2015 |url-status= dead }}