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Koo Wee Rup - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 38°11′53″S 145°29′20″E / 38.198°S 145.489°E

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Koo Wee Rup
Victoria

Aerial photo from the southwest

Population

4,047 (2021 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

3981

Elevation

36 m (118 ft)

Location

69 km (43 mi) from Melbourne
25 km (16 mi) from Cranbourne

Localities around Koo Wee Rup:
Rythdale	Pakenham South	Koo Wee Rup North
Dalmore	Koo Wee Rup	Bayles
Tooradin	Western Port	Monomeith Caldermeade

Koo Wee Rup /ˌkuː ˌwiː ˈrʌp/ is a town and satellite suburb in Victoria, Australia, 63 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Built on former marshland now converted to market gardens, Koo Wee Rup recorded a population of 4,047 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Prior to December 1994 the suburb was part of the Shire of Cranbourne.

The post office opened on 7 January 1891.^[2]

In the early 1950s many Dutch and Italian families settled in the area. 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 is believed to mean "plenty of blackfish" or "blackfish swimming".^{[citation needed]}

Koo Wee Rup is Australia's largest asparagus-growing district. It is also a beef-farming and potato-growing area. The town was previously well known for its potato festival, which was held each March to raise funds for the Westernport Memorial Hospital (now Kooweerup Regional Health Service).

Schools include Koo Wee Rup Primary School, St John the Baptist Primary School and Koo Wee Rup Secondary College.

The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the West Gippsland Football League.

Transport

Koo Wee Rup railway station was formerly situated on the South Gippsland railway line that operated as far as a terminus at Yarram in the 1970s, and was cut back to Leongatha in the early 1980s. A V/Line road coach service replaced the rail passenger service to Leongatha on 24 July 1993, running between Melbourne and Yarram. However, since the closure of the South Gippsland rail line by the Kennett state government on 14 December 1994, the South and West Gippsland Transport Group, represented by the local council, have campaigned for the rail service to be reinstated beyond its current terminus at Cranbourne by the 2020s,^[3] which had been promised by the Bracks government on its election in 1999.

Ventura Bus Lines operates a bus service from Koo Wee Rup to Pakenham on behalf of Public Transport Victoria.^[4]

Proposed airport

In 2017, Koo Wee Rup was announced as the proposed site for a third Melbourne airport.^[5]^[6] The Shire of Cardinia claimed it has been kept in the dark about an investment company's plan to build a $7 billion south-east airport; however, they urged the state government to find a location for an airport in the area.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Koo Wee Rup (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 16 February 2021
^ Rail return an election issue, 17 December 2013, South Gippsland Sentinel-Times
^ "Koo Wee Rup - Pakenham". Public Transport Victoria.
^ Hatch, Patrick (4 July 2017). "Backing secured for major airport serving Melbourne's south-east". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ Hatch, Patrick (4 July 2017). "Proposed Koo Wee Rup airport would be 'Melbourne's Badgerys Creek'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ Bailey, Megan (5 July 2017). "Cardinia Shire Council in dark over Koo Wee Rup airport plan". Cranbourne Leader. Herald Sun. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

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38°11′53″S 145°29′20″E / 38.198°S 145.489°E / -38.198; 145.489

v t e Localities in the Shire of Cardinia
City	Officer Pakenham
Town	Avonsleigh Bayles Beaconsfield^ Beaconsfield Upper Bunyip Cardinia Catani Clematis Cockatoo Cora Lynn Emerald^ Garfield Garfield North Gembrook Guys Hill Iona Koo Wee Rup Lang Lang^ Longwarry^ Maryknoll Menzies Creek^ Nar Nar Goon Nar Nar Goon North Nyora^ Officer South Pakenham South Pakenham Upper Tonimbuk Tooradin^ Tynong Tynong North Yannathan
Locality	Bunyip North Caldermeade Dalmore Dewhurst Heath Hill^ Koo Wee Rup North Lang Lang East Modella^ Monomeith Mount Burnett Nangana Rythdale Vervale
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria
Balnarring Beach Bass Bittern Blind Bight Caldermeade Cannons Creek Corinella Coronet Bay Cowes Crib Point Dalmore Flinders Grantville Hastings HMAS Cerberus Koo Wee Rup Lang Lang Merricks Beach Monomeith Newhaven Pearcedale Point Leo Rhyll San Remo Shoreham Somers Somerville Tankerton Tooradin Tyabb Ventnor Warneet

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