Koo Wee Rup Swamp History

This blog is about the history of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounding areas, including Garfield, and Western Port as well as some of my family history. It's my own original research and writing and if you live in the area you may have read some of the stories before in the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society newsletter or the Koo Wee Rup township newsletter, The Blackfish, or the Garfield township newsletter, The Spectator. Heather Arnold.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Local Railway returns 1918/1919

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I came across this report in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal (SBMJ) of November 20, 1919 about Railway returns in the SBMJ circuat...

Sunday, January 20, 2019

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1918

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Here is a look back 100 years at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1918. 1918, is of course, the year the Great War ended on Nov...

Thursday, January 17, 2019

What happened in Garfield in 1918

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Here is a look back 100 years to what happened in Garfield and surrounds in 1918. 1918 is, of course, the year the Great War ended on Novemb...

Sunday, December 16, 2018

How Iona and Cora Lynn celebrated the Armistice in 1918

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The Bunyip and Garfield Express of December 13, 1918 published this account of the Armistice celebration at Cora Lynn and Iona - Armist...

Friday, December 14, 2018

100 years ago this week - Koo Wee Rup is overrun by hoodlums

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100 years ago this week - this letter about crime in Koo Wee Rup was published in The Argus of December 24, 1918. The Argus December 24, 1...

Thursday, October 11, 2018

100 years ago this week - An embrocation

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Local farmers may find this embrocation of use, if you could actually still purchase the ingredients. Farmers Advocate October 14, ...

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Heather: I am a local history enthusiast, the President of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society and the Secretary of the South Eastern Historical Association. I was the Local History Librarian at Casey Cardinia Libraries from 2005 until 2021.

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