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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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

The McDonald Brothers of Yannathan enlist

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Four sons of Charles and Margaret McDonald of Yannathan served in World War One and two sadly died whilst serving their country. Charles Stu...

Sunday, July 19, 2026

The Fisher family of Bunyip - eight sons and a grandson fight for Australia

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I came across this article in The Herald from May 1916, with the headline - Footscray Family Produces Nine Men for Ranks . The Herald , Ma...

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, June 27, 2026

General Sir John Monash remembered at Lang Lang

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On May 7, 1936 the Koo Wee Rup Sun published the following report - At the Lang Lang State School the Monash Memorial Committee presented th...

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Avenue of Honour at Tooradin

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The Tooradin Avenue of Honour, runs along the South Gippsland Highway. The original planting of 42 trees went from Evans Road to the bridge ...

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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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