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.

Showing posts with label Berwick Shire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berwick Shire. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Shires of Berwick and Cranbourne - a timeline of their history

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This is a time line of local government in this area - 1842 - The Town of Melbourne created - the first local government body in Victoria....
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Paying your Rates - 100 years ago

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How to pay your rates 100 years ago. Bunyip Free Press May 20, 1915 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129631341
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Iona Riding, Berwick Shire

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This is from the Pakenham Gazette of August 30, 1963 (page 9). Most of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp was in the Shire of Cranbourne and it was 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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