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 Westernport Memorial Hospital Koo Wee Rup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westernport Memorial Hospital Koo Wee Rup. Show all posts
Saturday, May 27, 2023

Short history of the Hospitals in Koo Wee Rup

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The Koo Wee Rup Regional Health Service celebrated it centenary on May 23, 2023 and even though we have looked at some aspects of the histor...
Monday, March 6, 2023

Official opening of the Westernport Memorial Hospital at Koo Wee Rup on December 4, 1955

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This account of the official opening of the Westernport Memorial Hospital at  Koo Wee Rup on Sunday, December 4, 1955 is transcribed from th...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Koo-Wee-Rup Potato Festival

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The first Koo-Wee-Rup Potato Festival took place on February 17, 1973. Over 4,000 people attended the event. It started with a Grand Parade ...
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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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