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.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

100 years ago this week - Hotels

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This was in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal of December 19, 1912, 100 years ago this week. It is an interesting listing of local ho...

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Iona Riding, Berwick Shire

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This is from the Pakenham Gazette of August 30, 1963 (page 9). Most of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp was in the Shire of Cranbourne and it was the ...

Sunday, December 9, 2012

100 years ago this week - Weather

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This is a weather report from the South Bourke and Mornington Journal of December 12, 1912. The 'terrific storm' happened Monday, ...

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Garfield Racing Club

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In December 1901 it was reported that - A meeting of the Garfield Progressive Association was held this week to consider the advisability ...

Monday, November 26, 2012

100 years ago this week - Railways and Monomeith Railway Station

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This appeared in The Argus , on November 26, 1912, 100 years ago this week. It has both a Railway connection (one of my historical interest...

Friday, November 16, 2012

100 years ago this week - Motor Club Hotel Cranbourne

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100 years ago this advertisement appeared in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal of November 21, 1912 for the Motor Club Hotel (more c...

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Frank and Alf Weatherhead

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In honour of Remembrance Day, I am posting photographs of my two Great Uncles who served in the First World War. They are the sons of Horat...

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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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