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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Friday, December 6, 2024

Cardinia Hall - the original Trustees

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The Cardinia Hall was opened on December 17, 1924, you can read an account here . I have written about the community activity which led to ...

Cardinia Hall - the very early days

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The Cardinia Hall was opened 100 years ago on December 17, 1924. You can read a report here . There was a function held at the hall on Novem...

Sunday, December 17, 2023

The opening of the Cardinia Public Hall in 1924

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The Cardinia Public Hall was officially opened on Wednesday, December 17, 1924. The report from the Koo Wee Rup Sun of Wednesday December 2...

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Unveiling of the Cardinia State School Honor Roll and Machine Gun

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T he Koo Wee Rup Sun of May 4 1922 had a report of the unveiling of the Honor Board and the Machine Gun War Trophy at the Cardinia State S...

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Cardinia tree plantation and Honor Board for local Great War soldiers

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On Arbor Day, July 6, 1917 twenty-five trees were planted at the Cardinia State School, in honor of the boys of this district who have respo...

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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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