Cooee, Tasmania

Cooee
Cooee; Tasmania
	Cadbury milk processing plant
	Cooee
Coordinates	41°02′28″S145°52′35″E / 41.04111°S 145.87639°E Coordinates: 41°02′28″S145°52′35″E / 41.04111°S 145.87639°E
Population	559 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	7320
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
LGA(s)	City of Burnie
State electorate(s)	Braddon
Federal Division(s)	Braddon
	Suburbs around Cooee:

Last updated December 27, 2020

Cooee is a small town on the north-west coast of Tasmania immediately west of Burnie, to which it is in effect a dormitory suburb. At the 2011 census, Cooee had a population of 559.^[1]

History

Cooee Creek Post Office opened on 1 April 1906 and was renamed Cooee in 1912.^[2]

During the 1970s it proudly promoted its "Golden Mile" of new and used car lots and service stations. One of Burnie's two State Schools is situated on its western edge.

Education

Cooee Primary School
Burnie High School Est. 1916

Sport

The Cooee Bulldogs and Burnie Tigers joined the North Western Football Association in the 1940s. They merged in the 1980s and become the Burnie Hawks. They merged again in 1995 to become the Burnie Dockers In 2007 the merged club Burnie-Cooee was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.^[3]

Notable people

Harold Dowling Games Record Holder – Cooee F.C. was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt – Politician MHR 1909–22
Hon. Ron Cornish – Politician (Liberal); Former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon ^[4]
Bryan Green – Politician (ALP); Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Braddon ^[5]
Alastair Lynch – AFL football player for Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions ^[6]
Frank Neasey – Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania ^[7]
Ian Rist – National and Commonwealth Clay Target Shooting Champion. Australian International Shooting Team member 1975.

Notes and references

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Cooee (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
↑ "Burnie-Cooee inducted into Hall of Fame". AFL Tasmania. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "CORNISH Ronald, Hon.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
↑ "Bryan Green – Member for Braddon". Tasmanian Branch. Australian Labor Party. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "Alastair Lynch". Eighties Tasmanian Football Legends. Tasmanian Football Legends. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ Kirby, Michael (5 November 2005). "Three Tasmanian Law Reformers". Speeches. High Court of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

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[Census2011Y-1] 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Cooee (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[Post_Office-2] Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[3] "Burnie-Cooee inducted into Hall of Fame". AFL Tasmania. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[RCornish-4] Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "CORNISH Ronald, Hon.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.

[BGReen-5] "Bryan Green – Member for Braddon". Tasmanian Branch. Australian Labor Party. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[ALynch-6] "Alastair Lynch". Eighties Tasmanian Football Legends. Tasmanian Football Legends. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[FNeasey-7] Kirby, Michael (5 November 2005). "Three Tasmanian Law Reformers". Speeches. High Court of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

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