Korweinguboora - A Brief History

White people first came to the area which became known as Korweinguboora to cut timber for the large gold-mines. Timber-cutters brought their families and during the 1860's many farms were carved out of the forest. The wonderfully rich red soil was perfect for mixed-farming and potato-growing. Other families brought in machinery and began timber-milling. Descendants of some of those first settlers still live in Korweinguboora today.

The first church was built by the Roman Catholics on a site donated by Mr. Sam Thomas in 1871 and was used as a school during the week. In 1906, school, church and several homes were burnt in a disastrous bush-fire.

A feature of Korweinguboora's early years was the "Anderson's Tram-line". The Anderson family of Creswick built the line of metal strips fastened to wooden logs and it ran from Creswick along the range to the upper reaches of the Werribee River, passing through Korweinguboora. Remnants of the line still exist. Its original purpose was for the transport of logs for use in Creswick's gold-mines, but it was later used to haul all kinds of timber.