CORUNNA

Corunna was more of a locality than a village, although it did have a post office, a Church and a school.

The area was first settled in 1878. The following year its residents were asking for a post office to be opened, and this occurred in 1880. It was initially called the Noorooma Post Office, but its name was soon changed to Corunna.

The Post Office in Corunna operated until 1942.

Corunna School opened in 1893. It closed around 1920 because of insufficient enrolments but then operated again spasmodically between 1921 and 1938.

In 1893 a co-operative cheese factory opened in Corunna, with its cheese being shipped from Bermagui. It closed in 1923 after being condemned by Government inspectors.

A sawmill operated in Corunna from 1905. However, it was totally destroyed by a fire that is believed to have started in a pile of smouldering sawdust in 1914.

The Princes Highway ran through Corunna until 1956, at which point the road was upgraded and realigned with the construction of bridges over Nangudga and Corunna Lakes.