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.

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Sunday, January 20, 2019

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1915

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This is what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds in 1915, 100 years ago. These references all come from digitized newspapers available on ...

Thursday, January 17, 2019

What happened in Garfield in 1915

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This is what happened in Garfield in 1915, 100 years ago. These references all come from digitized newspapers available on Trove . There ...

Monday, December 31, 2018

First subdivision sale of Koo Wee Rup Township Estate in 1915

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This advertisement for the 'First subdivision sale of Koo Wee Rup Township Estate' was from the Gippsland Standard and Alberton S...

Thursday, September 17, 2015

100 years ago this week - Kirwan's store at Vervale

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100 years ago this week - John Kirwan, store owner, was caught illegally selling alcohol. Kirwan's store, at Vervale, was on the corner...

Thursday, September 3, 2015

100 years ago this week - Dalmore Roads

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100 years ago this week comes this report from the Lang Lang Guardian of September 8, 1915 about Dalmore ratepayers prepared to pay extra ...

Saturday, August 15, 2015

100 years ago this week - Junior teacher position available

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Want a job as a teacher? Then apply to the Bunyip State School. You must be over 16, apply in your own hand writing, and prepared to pay a ...

100 years ago this week - Iona citizens support the War effort

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It's always interesting to read local newspapers and see how they either make or report pronouncements on international matters. This r...

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Mr Rodger the baker at Bunyip - 100 years ago this week

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Hers is a great advertisement from Mr Rodger the baker and general storekeeper at Bunyip in the Bunyip Free Press of July 22, 1915. In ke...

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Boys' football match - 100 years ago this week.

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From The Lang Lang Guardian of July 21 1915, comes this account of a a football match between the boys at Yallock and Yannathan State Schoo...

Sunday, June 28, 2015

100 years ago this week - Potatoes

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100 years ago this week, The Australasian , in the Country Gleanings column reported on the good potato season on the Swamp. The Aust...

Sunday, April 19, 2015

100 years ago this week - St Joseph's Convent Iona opened

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St Joseph's Convent Iona opened one hundred years ago, on April 11, 1915. The Convent housed the Sisters of St Joseph, who established...

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Friday, March 6, 2015

100 years ago this week - Cora Lynn Ball

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This report of one of the best balls ever held in Cora Lynn comes from the Bunyip Free Press of March 11, 1915. The Ball at Cora Lynn B...

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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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