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 Lang Lang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lang Lang. Show all posts
Sunday, April 23, 2023

Doctor and Mrs Appleford, M.M. arrive in Lang Lang

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Lang Lang had good news in September 1919 as Dr Appleford and his wife, Nurse Alice Ross-King decided to settle into the town - Lang Lang is...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Letters to Aunt Connie of the Weekly Times: Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang and Five Mile

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The Weekly Times used to have a ‘Young Folks’ page, edited by ‘Aunt Connie’ and 'Uncle Ben' and children would write letters to the...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Koo Wee Rup ANZ / E.S. & A Bank

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Banking in Koo Wee Rup started in 1905 when an agency of the London Bank at Garfield was established in the town.  In 1920, the London Bank ...
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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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