Cooee Articles
ENTRY POINT
RISING from its gritty past, Richmond has blossomed into the "it" place to shop, live, drink and dine. Providing bidding stays within cooee of the quote, this little house is exactly the sort of property first-home buyers have been fighting over for months. The floor plan ticks all the boxes:..read more
Shortlist long on talent
THE full range of Australian writing and publishing is reflected in this year's shortlist for The Age Book of the Year awards. There are new names and old favourites, published by a mix of independents and multinationals. The books' subjects vary hugely, from post-apocalyptic survival to Charles Darwin, from the..read more
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ...
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO is ban Carlton footballers and their fans from becoming politicians. Playing to the home crowd at Princes Park is one thing, but after Justin Madden's divisive comments last week can they really be trusted in the wider world?
In Short Fiction
HEART AND SOUL
By Maeve Binchy
Orion, 464pp, $35
PLAYING THE GAME
By Belle de Jour
Orion, 320pp, $32.99
UNDER CONTROL
By Mark McNay
Canongate, 320pp, $27.95
PICK OF THE WEEK
COOEE
By Vivienne Kelly
Scribe, 320pp, $32.95
First Flights Of Fancy
The inspirations for fiction are many and the characters brought to life varied, as these four first novels suggest, writes Jo Case.
Turtle
By Gary Bryson
Allen & Unwin, $27.95
Cooee
By Vivienne Kelly
Scribe, $32.95
The Twelfth Fish
By Graham Perrett
Vulgar Press, $32.95
Fugitive Blue
By Claire Thomas..read more
One of the more interestingly named places in Australia is Cooee. Cooee the place is a suburb that can be found in Tasmania and has an Austrlaian postcode of 7320. It is located directly west of Burnie, which lies on the north west coast of the Apple Isle.
Australian's use the word Cooee in speech, the word cooee is used as an expression "within cooee of".
Australian's also use the word cooee in the Australian outback. It is shouted out to attract attention. You call out "cooee" as a signal to find people that are lost or to let someone know where you are.


