[2] In 1950 the Townsville Daily Bulletin suggested that the name Cora Lynn ('often applied to guest houses') originated as the Gaelic word 'coire' meaning 'cauldron or kettle'.

[3] The Koo Wee Rup Swamp History Society's website claims the name was adapted from that of the Corra Linn Gorge, through which the North Esk River flows near Launceston, Tasmania.

[4] Cora Lynn Post Office opened on 1 July 1907 and closed in 1999.

[5] The Cora Lynn State School opened in January 1907 and was originally called Koo-Wee-Rup West.

Its official opening on June 13 was abandoned as the hall was flooded with three feet of water[7] Cora Lynn has an Australian Rules football club and a Netball club which currently competes in the West Gippsland Football Netball League.