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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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Mr Pincott's Model Farm at Iona

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On October 31, 1896, The Australasian published an article on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Settlement, written by 'Thistledown.' There was...

Friday, December 17, 2021

Iona World War One Honor Board

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The Iona Honor Board is at Columba Hall, at St Joseph's Catholic Church at Iona. It was originally at the Mechanics' Institute / Pio...

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Letters to Aunt Patsy in the Advocate newspaper

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The Advocate was Catholic newspaper which reported on and promoted Catholic interests. It was published from 1868 until 1990. The paper had...

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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Round About Iona 1922

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The Advocate of November 16, 1922 had a special pictorial coverage of Iona, see it here . This is the article, I have reproduced e...

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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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