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.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Inaugural meeting of the Koo-Wee-Rup branch of the Country Women’s Association in 1944

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The Koo Wee Rup Sun of November 9, 1944 reported on the inaugural meeting of the Koo Wee Rup branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA...

Back-to Bayles, February 25, 1967

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A “Back-to” Bayles was held on February 25, 1967. This is the report of the event from the Koo Wee Rup Sun of March 1, 1967. Pictured abov...

100 years ago this week - Telephone charges

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The rates charged for conversation with the undermentioned places from the Warragul exchange are as under for the first three minutes or po...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Letters to Aunt Connie of the Weekly Times: Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang and Five Mile

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The Weekly Times used to have a ‘Young Folks’ page, edited by ‘Aunt Connie’ and 'Uncle Ben' and children would write letters to the...

Letters to Aunt Connie of the Weekly Times: Cora Lynn, Garfield, Tynong and Bunyip

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The Weekly Times used to have a ‘Young Folks’ page, edited by ‘Aunt Connie’ and 'Uncle Ben' and children would write letters to the...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

George Glover - the father of Annie Rouse

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This is an obituary of George Glover, my great, great grandfather who died January 8, 1887. His daughter Annie (born July 24 1865)  married...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

Ellen Agnes Weatherhead obituary

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This is an obituary of  Ellen Agnes Weatherhead, daughter of Ellen (nee Ramsdale) and Henry Fortescue Weatherhead, thus my great, great Aun...
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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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