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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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Cessna aeroplane crash-lands at Bunyip

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On the afternoon of Monday, October 30, 1961 a Cessna aeroplane made an emergency landing on a farm between Garfield and Bunyip. The plane ...

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Right sort of Colonist - Kenneth Fyffe of Bunyip

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Kenneth Thompson Grant Fyffe (SN 6798A), a farm labourer from Bunyip, enlisted in the A.I.F., on September 3, 1917 at the age of 21 in the 2...

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 ...

Friday, January 14, 2022

Bunyip Hotels - a short history

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In 1847 a road was surveyed from Dandenong to Gippsland along the edge of the ranges (1). When this proved to be impassable in places, a ...

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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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