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, December 30, 2022

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1923

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This is a look at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds, 100 years ago, in 1923, as reported in the newspapers, mainly the Koo Wee Rup ...

What happened in Garfield in 1923

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This is a look back at what happened in Garfield, and surrounds, 100 years ago, in 1923, as reported in the newspapers. In February 1923, t...

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Bayles General Store

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The General Store at Bayles opened in January 1921, and the proprietor was George Petrie Murdoch Junior (1872-1972). George also had the ge...

Monday, December 5, 2022

Bayles Football Club - a poem

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The Koo Wee Rup Sun of May 14, 1925 published this poem by Master A. Murdoch about the players of the Bayles Football Club. I am guessing t...

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Ernest John Lupson (1888-1967)

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E.J. Lupson was an engineer with the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC). When he retired in 1953 the Koo Wee Rup Sun reported...

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Snakes Tales

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These are accounts of close encounters with snakes on and around the Koo Wee Rup Swamp. Just remember, killing snakes is now illegal and mos...

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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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