Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Petrol tanker goes up in flames at Vervale - 1967

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This dramatic truck fire occured in early February 1967. The J-Model Bedford was delivering fuel to Aub Goodman's farm on Pitt Road in V...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Jabez Janes and Maria Ann Goldsmith

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Jabez Janes operated a beer house, on the south side of Cannibal Creek, in what is now North Garfield, from 1866. He had an eventful life wi...
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...