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.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

100 years ago this week - Rabbit Inspector resigns

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A report in the Bunyip Free Press of October 22, 1914 said that Mr Kelleher, the Rabbit Inspector had resigned, Bunyip Free Press Oc...
Friday, October 24, 2014

An overview of the drainage of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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This is an overview of the history of the drainage of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp. I must acknowledge   From Swampland to Farmland: a history of t...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

100 years ago this week - Potatoes and Asparagus

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Here's the Crop report from 100 years ago.  Bunyip Free Press October 1, 1914 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12962960...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Koo Wee Rup Brass Band and the Choral Society

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David Mickle has the following account of the formation of the Koo Wee Rup Brass band in his  book, Mickle Memories of Koo Wee Rup (1) - ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

100 years ago this week - Royal Melbourne Show

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Local farmers were preparing their exhibits for the Royal Melbourne Show - 100 years ago this week - as this article from the Bunyip Free P...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Bunyip Magistrates Court

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The establishment of the Court of Petty Sessions at Bunyip was ‘gazetted’ in the State Government Gazette in an announcement dated February ...

Garfield Bush Nursing Hospital

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The Bush Nursing Hospital Movement began in 1910 with the establishment of the Victorian Bush Nursing Association (V.B.N.A.). At the time th...
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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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