Monday, July 1, 2019

The Mickle Family

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John Mickle (1814-1885) arrived in Melbourne in 1838. He came from Berwickshire in Scotland, where his family were farmers, and not especial...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Thomas Roxburgh (1851-1931) - Asparagus Pioneer

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Over ninety percent of Australian asparagus is grown on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp (1) and asparagus has been commercially grown in this region ...
Sunday, April 21, 2019

Local High Schools on or connected to the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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In Victoria, the Education Act, which came into effect on January 1, 1873, made State education ‘secular, compulsory and free’. The Act said...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Koo Wee Rup Swamp - where birds and beast gather to elect a King

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This interesting, but sort of weird, story was published in the Weekly Times of January 12, 1895. It is called False Friends and True and ...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Lyre birds and Koalas on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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This interesting article about fauna on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp in 1894 - 1895 - when there were still koalas and lyre birds. It comes from a ...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Life on the Swamp in the early days - from newspaper reports

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In 1893, the Koo Wee Rup Swamp was opened for settlement and this created some interest in the newspapers. In fact, a report in the Warragul...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

The Minister of Lands visits the Koo Wee Rup Swamp January 19, 1894.

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On Friday, January 19, 1894 the Minister of Lands, Mr M'Intyre, the Chief Surveyor, Mr Callinan and the Chief Engineer of the Public Wor...