Moana, South Australia
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Moana Adelaide, South Australia |
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A view of Moana from the south
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 Moana
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| Coordinates | 35°11′53″S 138°28′23″E / 35.198°S 138.473°ECoordinates: 35°11′53″S 138°28′23″E / 35.198°S 138.473°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5169 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Onkaparinga | ||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Adelaide | ||||||||||||
| County | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs | ||||||||||||
Moana is an outer coastal suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is approximately 36.4 km from the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga local government area, and neighbours the suburbs Seaford, Maslin Beach, and Seaford Rise.
The Gulf St Vincent beach front at Moana is a combination of low cliffs, sand dunes, and hard compacted sand. The beach at Moana is accessible by normal passenger vehicles and, in a quaint local custom, is one of the few beaches where cars are allowed to drive onto the beach.
Moana was originally farming land from 1841. In the 1850s a local landowner lent his name to the beach and it became known as Dodd's Beach. In 1855, when shipping was the primary means of cargo transport in the area, the Nashwauk was wrecked on the beach near the Pedler Creek outlet.
Due to an increased interest in tourism in the area, in 1927 the land was subdivided by Lake Beach Estate Ltd who held a competition to name the new town. Mr C.H. Cave won the competition with Moana, which means "blue water" in the Māori language. The land was divided into blocks of land suitable for holiday homes and wide streets were planned and laid out, but due to the Great Depression in 1929 development of the area was slow.
In the 1950s Moana experienced renewed interest from tourism as the residents of Adelaide enjoyed the freedom and mobility of car ownership - Moana was a pleasant 40 minute drive from Adelaide.
One of the landmarks of the area was the Moana Roundhouse which was demolished in 2006.
In recent times, the urban sprawl of Adelaide has reached Moana (and beyond) and so Moana is now one of Adelaide's outer southern suburbs.
Moana is a seaside suburb. It is divided into two by Pedlar Creek and the associated sand dune reserve. The northern part of the Moana is referred to as the "old survey Moana" and the southern housing development as the "new survey".
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