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.

Showing posts with label 1937 flood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1937 flood. Show all posts
Friday, December 22, 2017

The 1937 flood

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It is eighty years since the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp experienced the second largest flood in its history. The largest flood took place in the fir...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Cora Lynn October 20, 1937

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These are State River and Water Supply Commission photographs taken on October 20, 1937 during the flood, at Cora Lynn. Keast Hall, Cor...
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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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