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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                     = town
| name                     = Cocoroc
| city                     = 
| state                    = vic
| image                    =
| caption                  = 
| lga                      = City of Wyndham
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates              = {{coord|37.967|S|144.622|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode                 = 3030
| pop                      = 0
| pop_year                 = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes            = <ref name=abs>{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20601 | name = Cocoroc (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 22 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area                     = 
| est                      = 
| stategov                 = [[Electoral district of Werribee|Werribee]]
| fedgov                   = [[Division of Corio|Corio]]
| dist1                    = 37
| location1                = [[Melbourne]]
| near-nw                  = [[Mambourin, Victoria|Mambourin]]
| near-n                   = [[Werribee, Victoria|Werribee]]
| near-ne                  = [[Werribee, Victoria|Werribee]]
| near-w                   = [[Little River, Victoria|Little River]]
| near-e                   = [[Werribee South, Victoria|Werribee South]]
| near-sw                  = [[Point Wilson, Victoria|Point Wilson]]
| near-s                   = ''[[Port Phillip]]''
| near-se                  = ''[[Port Phillip]]''
| local_map                = yes
| zoom                     = 11
}}

'''Cocoroc''' is a locality in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|37|km|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne city centre|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Wyndham]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Cocoroc recorded no population at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=abs/>

==History==

In 1892 the [[Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works]] established the [[Western Treatment Plant|Metropolitan Sewage Farm]] on the western bank of the [[Werribee River]], to treat the [[effluent]] from Melbourne's new sewerage system.<ref name=sewer /> This area was isolated and too far from Melbourne, so a village was built to house the workers, which became the town of Cocoroc.

In 1910 Cocoroc had a population of 300. It developed further in the 1920s, with the area including a public hall and three primary schools, the first one having been opened in 1894.

As of 2018, the town has almost disappeared, with the name Cocoroc encompassing the area of what is now called the [[Western Treatment Plant]], which covers around 10,500 hectares and treats about 60% of Melbourne's sewage.<ref name=sewer>{{cite web |url=http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewerage/western_treatment_plant/western_treatment_plant.asp?bhjs=0 |title=Western Treatment Plant |author=Melbourne Water |work=melbournewater.com.au |accessdate=7 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403042831/http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewerage/western_treatment_plant/western_treatment_plant.asp?bhjs=0 |archive-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2015, there was a temporary public art installation held at various locations across the Western Treatment Plant, this included installations held at some of the remaining structures from the former town of Cocoroc such as the old football oval and swimming pools. The installation was called ''Treatment'' featuring on-location works by six artists (Catherine Bell, Bindi Cole, Shane McGrath, Techa Noble, Megan Evans and Spiros Panigarakis), with free bus tours linking the artworks on a 90-minute journey through varied experiences including live performances, exhibitions, sensory and multimedia experiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A whiff of history at the Western Treatment Plant {{!}} Deakin |url=http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/media-releases/articles/a-whiff-of-history-at-the-western-treatment-plant |access-date=2016-10-13 |website=Deakin University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/art-project-stirs-the-pools-of-memory-at-werribees-western-treatment-plant-20151029-gkmkmi.html|title=Art project stirs the pools of memory at Werribee's Western Treatment Plant|last=Cooke|first=Dewi|date=2015-10-30|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040511091051/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/metropolitanfarm.html Australian Places - Metropolitan Farm]
*[http://www.melbournewater.com.au/aboutus/historyandheritage/historyofsewerage/Pages/Cocoroc.aspx Melbourne Water - Cocoroc (History of Western Treatment Plant)]

{{City of Wyndham suburbs}}

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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Suburbs of the City of Wyndham]]


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