'Swamp' Tower - 150 yrs Victoria, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 38° 12.782 E 145° 27.560
55H E 365121 N 5769426
At the base of the Koo Wee Rup Tower is a wooden post, with a bronze plaque for the erection and unveiling of the Tower in 1985, as a project of "Victoria 150: Growing Together 1984-5".
Waymark Code: WMX33X
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamBPL
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Portland was settled on 19 November 1834. Victoria's first successful British settlement was there, on the west coast of what is now Victoria.Tho it wasn't until 5 August 1850 that Queen Victoria signed a Constitution, which then enable the NSW Government in July 1851 to pass legislation to separate the southern part of 'New South Wales', into the 'Colony of Victoria'. Wiki

The Commemorative Plaque, on a post, at the base of the Lookout Tower, reads:

    Victoria 150
    Growing together 1984-5
   This project marks the 
  150th Anniversary of the
     State of Victoria,
  commemorated in 1984-85.
        Unveiled by
    Cr. C.M. Utber
Cranbourne Shire President
	May 26 1985


Location of the Commemorative Plaque - May 26, 1985; at base of Tower


Koo Wee Rup Lookout Tower

Address: South Gippsland Highway, Col Utber Swamp Tower Reserve, Koo Wee Rup, 3981

Access: Plenty of parking, even for caravans and small rigid trucks, just not semis. Turn in to the north, from either heading west or east along the South Gippsland Highway, with exiting in either direction possible.

Visited: Tuesday, 24 May, 2016
Subject: State/Province

Commemoration: 1985

Date of Founding: 5 August 1850

Date of Commemoration: May 26 1985

Address:
South Gippsland Highway, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria

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Web site if available: Not listed
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