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.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The Body was conveyed to.......

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One of the unusual uses for Hotels in the past was their use as a temporary morgue and a place to carry out autopsies and Inquests. There ar...

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Mr Elliot's cheque to J. Jackson and Sons of Pakenham

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This is a cheque, below, for two pounds, 12 shillings and six pence written to J. Jackson & Sons, by John Elliot (1) . It's a Comm...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Voters' Roll, compiled July 1930, for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931.

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Voters' Roll, compiled July 1930, for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931. This booklet is from the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Hist...

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Join us in a trip around Koo Wee Rup

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Join us in a trip around Koo Wee Rup. These are part of a little souvenir booklet of fold-out images of Koo Wee Rup, produced most likely i...

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Loading potatoes at Koo Wee Rup Railway Station

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These are photos from the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society loading potatoes at the Koo Wee Rup Railway station. I believe they are from ...

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Replacing the Eleven Mile Bridge - October to December 2015

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These are photographs John and I took of the Eleven Mile Bridge over the Main Drain at Cora Lynn / Vervale over the Main Drain. The bridge...

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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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