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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Saturday, July 9, 2022

St George's Anglican Church in Koo Wee Rup

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This was the original design for St George's Anglican Church in Koo Wee Rup. The tower was never built and doors were added to the fron...

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Round About Iona 1922

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The Advocate of November 16, 1922 had a special pictorial coverage of Iona, see it here . This is the article, I have reproduced e...

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The 1910s - a spiritual decade for Iona

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The 1910s was a very spiritual decade for the small township of Iona (or Bunyip South as it was originally called) as two churches were buil...

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Cora Lynn Church

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The Presbyterian Church and the Methodist Church used to hold services at the Cora Lynn Hall from around the 1920s to 1960. Most people at...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

100 years ago this week - Yallock Methodist Sunday School Picnic

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100 years ago this week, on January 23 1914 the Yallock Methodist Sunday School held their picnic on the Yallock Creek. Mr Reiter provided ...

Sunday, December 15, 2013

100 years ago this week - St Thomas' Horticultural Show

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A three day horticultural show was held at St Thomas' Church of England in Bunyip, 100 years ago this week in December 1913. It raised ...

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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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