Col Utber - Swamp Tower Reserve - Koo Wee Rup, Vic, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 38° 12.782 E 145° 27.560
55H E 365121 N 5769426
On a 'stump', at the base of the Lookout Tower, is a bronze plaque, which details the recognition of the work of Col Utber in the erection of the Tower, by the naming of the Reserve in his name, on 21 June, 1992.
Waymark Code: WMX35W
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/20/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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The bronze plaque at the base of the Tower reads:
      COL UTBER
 SWAMP TOWER RESERVE
     THIS RESERVE IS 
  NAMED IN RECOGNITION OF  
     COL. UTBER,
COUNCILLOR - SHIRE OF CRANBOURNE
          1965 - 1986

	CR.PAT MARSHALL
	SHIRE PRESIDENT
	 21 JUNE 1992


Dedication Plaque: for the Col Utber Swamp Tower Reserve

While the Commemorative Plaque, on a post, at the base of the Lookout Tower, which acknowledges Col Utber's involvement in the erection of the Koo Wee Rup/Swamp 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


Commemorative Plaque - May 26, 1985


Col Utber Lookout Tower, and Reserve sign.

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

Visited: 1455 - 1505, Tuesday, 24 May, 2016
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]

Location: On a 'stump', at the base of the Tower

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