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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Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Great Yannathan Fires of 1898

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I came across this obituary of Robert Gardiner, of Yannathan, who died on January 11, 1939 at the age of 83. It's an interesting obituar...

Friday, September 8, 2023

Koalas at Yannathan and on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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This post looks at references to koalas at Yannathan and more broadly on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp. In May 1891, Cyrus Mason wrote a letter t...

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Royal Commission into Overseas Settlers from Britain (Migrant Land Settlement) 1931 and the Owen family

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The Age newspaper, of January 24, 1931 reported on the Royal Commission on Migrant Land Settlement [read the full article here ] - The Roya...

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Yannathan World War One Honor Rolls

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There are two World War One Honor boards at the Yannathan Hall - one from the Yannathan State School, No. 2422 and the original board from ...

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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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