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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Sunday, August 13, 2023

Tooradin Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

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The Tooradin Mechanics' Institute was opened on Boxing Day in 1882. Local Historian, David Mickle (1) , recorded the establishment of th...

Monday, February 27, 2023

Tynong Mechanics' Institute

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The earliest public building in Tynong was the Mechanics’ Institute and this post looks at the history of this Hall and the other one (or wa...

Monday, May 2, 2022

Mechanics' Institute - Soldiers' Memorial Hall - Nar Nar Goon

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The Nar Nar Goon Mechanics' Institute was officially opened on September 17, 1886. The building was located in Racecourse Road, just to ...

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Mechanics' Institute - Pioneers' Hall - at Iona

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The Mechanics' Institute, later called the Pioneers' Hall, at Iona was opened on April 26, 1895 by the Minister of Mines, Mr Foster,...

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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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