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.

Monday, January 24, 2022

World War One Soldiers and a Nurse with connections to French Island

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French Island is not part of any Local Government area, nor is it part of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp, but you can see it from the Swamp, so that ...

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Unveiling of the Cardinia State School Honor Roll and Machine Gun

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T he Koo Wee Rup Sun of May 4 1922 had a report of the unveiling of the Honor Board and the Machine Gun War Trophy at the Cardinia State S...

Thursday, January 20, 2022

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1922

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This is a look back 100 years at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1922. In February 1922, Mr Gray of the firm Barhop and Gray...

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Mechanics' Institute - Pioneers' Hall - at Iona

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The Mechanics' Institute, later called the Pioneers' Hall, at Iona was opened on April 26, 1895 by the Minister of Mines, Mr Foster,...

Monday, January 17, 2022

What happened in Garfield in 1922

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This is a look back 100 years at what happened in Garfield and surrounds in 1922. The year started on a sad note with a report in February...

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Court cases between Sarah Hansen and Thomas Stacey of Bunyip.

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On December 6, 1889 Thomas Stacey took over the Railway Hotel at Bunyip from Sarah Hansen, even though she still retained ownership of the ...

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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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