Cooee /ku:'i:/ a shout used in Australia, a means of re-uniting those separated, to help to find or bring somebody home - in this case, to help connect us with the past.
COOEE History and Heritage provides history and heritage services to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. We specialise in unlocking and reconstructing the past for any individual or organisation wanting to do more with history than just file it away.
Sigma’s 100th Anniversary Oral Histories
As part of Sigma's 100th Anniversary, Cooee has been tasked to conduct ten oral history interviews with veteran employees, pharmacists, customers and scientists associated with Sigma over the years. The oral ...
A Reputable Set of Men - the Sandringham Club
Cooee has been commissioned by the venerable Sandringham Club in Melbourne to research and write a hundred year history to be published in 2013. One of the few remaining men-only clubs left in Victoria, the ...
Railways East
An exhibition at the Monash Federation Centre will run from 3 July to 27 September, for railway enthusiasts and public alike. Curated by Cooee History and Heritage, the exhibition tells the story… ...
The Forgotten Cruiser: HMAS Melbourne (I)
Barely remembered today, HMAS Melbourne (I) was the first cruiser of the new Australian Navy. Launched at Birkenhead in 1912, it arrived in Melbourne on 27 March 1913 with a mixed crew of Royal Navy and ...