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, June 9, 2024

The Largest Hog Farm in Australia at Monomeith

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In 1891 and 1892 there were newspapers reports on the largest hog farm in Australia - at Monomeith. The enterprise was started by James Mur...

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Yallock Estate and Henry Beattie

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Henry Beattie's Yallock Estate at Koo Wee Rup was sub-divided and placed up for sale in August 1915. It was an exceptional opportunity, ...

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Record consignment of cattle brought to Monomeith, April 1967

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These great photos (the colour ones), courtesy of Neville Clark, are of Hugh Bourke, off-loading cattle at Monomeith Railway Station. They ...

Monday, November 26, 2012

100 years ago this week - Railways and Monomeith Railway Station

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This appeared in The Argus , on November 26, 1912, 100 years ago this week. It has both a Railway connection (one of my historical interest...

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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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