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, January 10, 2026

Milk Trains on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounds

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The Koo Wee Rup Swamp historically had many dairy farms and I have written about this and the local milk and cheese factories, which process...

Monday, January 22, 2024

Sand Train Derailment at Koo Wee Rup, August 1979

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On Tuesday, August 28, 1979 a sand train was derailed at Koo Wee Rup - this is the report from the Cranbourne Sun , Tuesday September 4, 197...

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Loading potatoes at Koo Wee Rup Railway Station

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These are photos from the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society loading potatoes at the Koo Wee Rup Railway station. I believe they are from ...

Friday, January 7, 2022

Better Farming Train

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The Better Farming Train was established in 1924 by the Victorian Railways and the Department of Agriculture. The train travelled around Vic...

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Koo Wee Rup to Strzelecki Railway line

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The railway line which used to run from Koo Wee Rup to Strzelecki opened officially on June 29, 1922. At the time it was known as the Koo We...

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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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