Cocoroc is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 37 km south-west of

Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is

the City of Wyndham.

In 1892 the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works established

the Metropolitan Sewage Farm on the western bank of the Werribee
River, to treat the effluent from Melbourne's new sewerage system.[1] 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 gone, 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.[1]
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.