Koo Wee Rup, Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3981
Description: Township
Location: 70 km south-west of Melbourne, 25 km from Cranbourne
Named: Local swamp, now drained, named in 1847 by surveyor W.S. Urquhart from Aboriginal word for plenty of blackfish. Settlement known until 1890 as Yallock. (Blake)
Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Bunurong Aboriginal people. It is from their language that the town’s name derives - ku-wirup allegedly meaning plenty of blackfish or blackfish swimming. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
The library contains a book or books about this place - check our catalogue
Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society
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