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.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Train Mystery - Alexander Eastman never made it to Koo Wee Rup

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In June 1919, Alexander Gordon Eastman and his aunt, Miss Annie Maria Smith, boarded the 6.30pm Gippsland train at Hawksburn, bound for Koo ...

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1919

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This is an eclectic look back 100 years at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1919. 1919 is, of course, the year after the Great ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Local Railway returns 1918/1919

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I came across this report in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal  (SBMJ) of November 20, 1919 about Railway returns in the SBMJ circuat...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1918

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Here is a look back 100 years at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1918. 1918, is of course, the year the Great War ended on Nov...

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1917

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Here is a look at what happened in Koo Wee Rup  and surrounds 100 years ago. Naturally the town was still focused on the war effort, local m...

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1916

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This is a look at what happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1916, 100 years ago. These references all come from digitized newspapers available on Trov...

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1915

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This is what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1915, 100 years ago. These references all come from digitized newspapers available on ...
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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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