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 Aeroplane crashes and incidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aeroplane crashes and incidents. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Aeroplane VH-UMG makes a forced landing at Koo Wee Rup, December 1933

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On December 14, 1933 an aeroplane,  Tasman  VH-UMG, was forced to land in a paddock at Koo Wee Rup, due to high winds. The Sun News-Pictoria...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

RAAF plane crash at Garfield, January 17 1958

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This report of the crash of an RAAF aeroplane at Garfield  is from the The Age , Saturday January 18, 1958 p. 3.   Air Cadets unhurt in R.A....
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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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