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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Monday, January 22, 2024

Sand Train Derailment at Koo Wee Rup, August 1979

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On Tuesday, August 28, 1979 a sand train was derailed at Koo Wee Rup - this is the report from the Cranbourne Sun , Tuesday September 4, 197...

Friday, January 7, 2022

Better Farming Train

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The Better Farming Train was established in 1924 by the Victorian Railways and the Department of Agriculture. The train travelled around Vic...

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Koo Wee Rup to Strzelecki Railway line

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The railway line which used to run from Koo Wee Rup to Strzelecki opened officially on June 29, 1922. At the time it was known as the Koo We...

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

The South Gippsland Railway line

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The Koo Wee Rup Swamp is straddled by two railway lines - the Gippsland line to the north, which went to Sale, (and which I have written abo...

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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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