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.

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Henry James Boxshall (1880 - 1968) obituary from the Koo Wee Rup Sun

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Henry Boxshall wrote a history of the early families at Yallock - you can read it here . I came across his obituary which was published in t...

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Families at Yallock by H.J. Boxshall

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Families at Yallock this was written by H.J. Boxshall, it was published in The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire by Niel Gunson. Families at...

Monday, August 26, 2019

William Lyall and the Acclimatisation Society

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William Lyall (1821-1888) (1), the owner of Harewood , on the South Gippsland Highway at Koo Wee Rup was an enthusiastic member of the Accl...

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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...

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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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