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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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Mount Cannibal - the origin of the name

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The Pakenham Gazette of June 1, 1962 had the following article "Cannibal" or "Connibul" Creek Pakenham Gazette , June ...

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Rythdale - the origin of the name

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Rythdale is a locality towards the western end of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp. It is a small pocket of land bordered on three sides by Pakenham So...

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Towns named Garfield

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This is nothing to do with the history of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp, but I wrote this for the Garfield Spectator so I thought I would put it u...

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

How do you spell Koo-Wee-Rup?

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What's the correct way to spell Koo-Wee-Rup? Any way you want apparently. The article below, a letter to the editor of the Kooweerup S...

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Vervale

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Vervale is a little known town or locality between Cora Lynn and Iona. I grew up in Vervale, although I often say Cora Lynn, because no-one ...

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

100 years ago this week - Place names and railways

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What was happening in the area 100 years ago this week? These are two railway related articles and are from the South Bourke & Morning...

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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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