Saturday, March 21, 2020

Infectious Diseases in the Koo Wee Rup Swamp area

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This post looks at diseases in our past and their impact on the local community.  Infectious diseases had to be notified to the Board of Hea...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

1st Cora Lynn Scout Troop By Frank Rouse

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The information in this post comes from Frank’s recollections and from his October 2009 conversations with Jack McDonald and Ron Chatfield. ...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Railway accident at Koo Wee Rup, Christmas Eve, 1928

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The Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society received these photographs from Don Cuff. Don is the son of Gordon and Martha Jean (nee Preston) Cu...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Letters to Aunt Patsy in the Advocate newspaper

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The Advocate was Catholic newspaper which reported on and promoted Catholic interests. It was published from 1868 until 1990. The paper had...
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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Round About Iona 1922

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The Advocate of November 16, 1922 had a special pictorial coverage of Iona, see it here . This is the article, I have reproduced e...
Friday, January 31, 2020

French Island - a short history

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French Island is not, of course, part of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp, but you can see it from the Swamp, especially if you go to the Swamp lookout...

What happened in Garfield in 1920

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This is a look back 100 years at what happened in Garfield and surrounds in 1920. The Bunyip and Garfield Express (BGE) of January 9, 192...