Wednesday, February 24, 2021

A visit to Koo Wee Rup in 1886 - part 1

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In May 1886 The Leader newspaper had a two-part report of a visit to the Koo Wee Rup area. This was before the construction of the Main Dra...

A visit to Koo Wee Rup in 1886 - part 2

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In May 1886 The Leader newspaper had a two-part report of a visit to the Koo Wee Rup area. This was before the construction of the Main Dra...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1921

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This is a look back 100 years at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1921. In 1921, the Koo Wee Rup Bush nurse was in the news. Nu...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The case of the poisoned apple pie sent from the Garfield Post Office

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The town of  Garfield featured in news in 1921, because of an attempted murder, which began with a parcel sent from the Garfield Post Office...
Friday, December 11, 2020

The Lang Lang Guardian and the Koo Wee Rup Sun

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Dr Niel Gunson, in his book The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire   (1) wrote this about local newspapers -  The changes in the local press sy...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Change of road names in Catani and Yannathan

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The Koo Wee Rup Sun of January 16, 1979 published this notification of the re-naming of roads - South Yannathan Road between O'Sheas Ro...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Towns named Garfield

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This is nothing to do with the history of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp, but I wrote this for the  Garfield Spectator  so I thought I would put it u...