Mooball, New South Wales

Mooball (pronounced Moo - Bul)[1] is a locality in the Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia and it is on the lands of the Bundjalung people who are its traditional owners.

[3][4] The Northern Rivers Rail Trail passes through the town and it is nearby to the Mooball National Park.

[1][5] The name of the town is from the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word 'mobool', which is the name of the cane of a lawyer vine.

[6] 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.

[7] Thanks to its rural setting, Mooball is a popular tourist destination due to the cow themed decorations throughout the town; these decorations include black and white cow prints painted on electricity poles throughout.

Abandoned Railway Bridge Mooball, 2008
The Moo Moo Roadhouse in Mooball, NSW, 2024
Cow themed artwork at the Moo Moo Roadhouse, 2024
The big motorcycle at Mooball, New South Wales, pictured in 2024