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Begin the drive by travelling west along the Biggenden Highway from Maryborough.
Make the first stop Woo-Koo Park at Woocoo Drive, where you will find life sized statues of settlers, farm animals, native animals and a giant wooden carving of Woo-koo, who according to Aboriginal legend was the area's first inhabitant.
The park has tennis courts, BBQ facilities, toilets and children's playground.
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The name 'Woocoo' was originally given to Mt. Woocoo in the area now known as Woocoo Shire.
The local parish took on the name and eventually, when the Woocoo Shire was officially defined and born in 1915, the Parish became the central hub of the area.
'Woocoo is taken from the original word 'Woocoon', the Aboriginal name for the echidna.
The Woocoo Shire has plentiful attractions to entice people to visit and settle in the area.
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The Woocoo Wildlife Reserve is a local open space which attracts wildlife from the area.
The reserve is located in the suburb of Tinana and situated near a National Parks and Wildlife Koala Reserve where Koala's are often seen.
The reserve features a sheltered picnic table and wood BBQ.
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The Woocoo Historical Museum presents a mosaic of facets of the past life during peace and war, school, recreation, elegance and gracious living, as well as working conditions in many industries.
The Museum, located at Brooweena, contains an extensive array of memorabilia and musical instruments, which of course, would not be complete with accordions, those indispensable items of bush dances in the past.
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Woocoo Historical Society Incorporated and Museum
The Society was founded in 1964. Its aims are the collection and preservation of records, maps, photographs, musical instruments, machinery and implements pertaining to the settlement of the Woocoo Shire.
The Museum consists of 12 buildings housing displays from the early settlement of the Woocoo Shire.
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