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 Cannibal Creek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cannibal Creek. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Jabez Janes and Maria Ann Goldsmith

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Jabez Janes operated a beer house, on the south side of Cannibal Creek, in what is now North Garfield, from 1866. He had an eventful life wi...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Early days of Garfield and Cannibal Creek

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The earliest recorded European settlers in the Garfield region were the lessees of the two Connabul Creek Runs, both leased in 1845. Connabu...
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Garfield - after the coming of the Railway

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In another post I looked at the history of Garfield up until the coming of the Railway, which is really the seminal event in the history of...
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Cannibal Creek becomes Garfield

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In the previous post we saw how a township developed around the Cannibal Creek Siding and this township became Garfield. One of the first p...
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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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