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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Friday, December 22, 2023

Western Port - a short history of early European activity

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This is a short account of the early European activity in Western Port. Western Port Bay was 'discovered' by George Bass (1) on ...

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Quail Island - a history and its Koalas

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Quail Island is situated at the northern end of Western Port Bay across Rutherford Inlet from Warneet. The Island was surveyed by Francis B...

Friday, February 11, 2022

Dipping sheep on Quail Island, Western Port in 1866 by James H. Watson

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On June 20, 1927, James H. Watson (1) , the President of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Sydney presented a paper to the Historical...

Monday, January 24, 2022

World War One Soldiers and a Nurse with connections to French Island

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French Island is not part of any Local Government area, nor is it part of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp, but you can see it from the Swamp, so that ...

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About Me

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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