Saturday, November 23, 2019

Record consignment of cattle brought to Monomeith, April 1967

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These great photos (the colour ones), courtesy of Neville Clark, are of Hugh Bourke, off-loading cattle at Monomeith Railway Station. They ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

A canal from the Yarra River to the Latrobe River via the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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On July 20, 1867 T he Age published this letter to the Editor, from J. Wood Beilby of Dandenong. Mr Beilby suggested the construction of a ...
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 ...