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.

Friday, January 14, 2022

Bunyip Hotels - a short history

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In 1847 a road was surveyed from Dandenong to Gippsland along the edge of the ranges (1). When this proved to be impassable in places, a ...

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Sunday, January 9, 2022

Bills' Troughs in the local area

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We have a Bills' Trough at the Historical Society Museum, here at Koo Wee Rup, and you will probably have seen others on your travels th...

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Royal Commission into Overseas Settlers from Britain (Migrant Land Settlement) 1931 and the Owen family

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The Age newspaper, of January 24, 1931 reported on the Royal Commission on Migrant Land Settlement [read the full article here ] - The Roya...

Friday, January 7, 2022

Better Farming Train

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The Better Farming Train was established in 1924 by the Victorian Railways and the Department of Agriculture. The train travelled around Vic...

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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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