Monday, March 18, 2013

Koo Wee Rup township

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This is a short history of the various institutions in the town of Koo Wee Rup. Schools The first School was established in 1884 between...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

100 years ago this week - Food production

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One hundred years ago, this week in March 1913, this appeared in the West Gippsland Gazette, and is a reminder of what a rich area this onc...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

100 years ago this week - the Bunyip

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This interesting account of  a Bunyip appeared in the  South Bourke and Mornington Journal , 100 years ago, in February 1913. South B...
Monday, February 4, 2013

100 years ago this week - the state of the drains

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This was in the  The Argus , 100 years ago this week, in February 1913. 100 years on, local residents are still concerned about the state of...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Cora Lynn General Store

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The Cora Lynn was opened in 1907 by George Petrie Murdoch.  As we saw in the last post  George and his father, George Petrie Murdoch Senio...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Cora Lynn township plan and early land sales

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This is the Cora Lynn township plan. This shows the original township allotments and the first owner of the allotments after the Government ...
Monday, January 7, 2013

100 years ago this week - Ice Cream manufacturers

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This is from a report, in the  South Bourke and |Mornington Journal , 100 years ago this week,  of  the Berwick Shire Council Meeting held ...