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.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Squatting Runs bordering the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp

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The original European settlers in this area were the Squatters and there were a number of Squatting Runs which bordered the Swamp. Below is ...

Sunday, October 14, 2018

1934 flood at Koo Wee Rup - photos from The Herald

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These photos appeared in The Herald on December 3, 1934. They were given to the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society by Robert Dusting. Yo...

The Great flood of December 1934

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December 1, 1934 was when the largest flood ever to hit Koo-Wee-Rup and surrounding districts occured. In October of that year, Koo Wee Ru...

Thursday, October 11, 2018

100 years ago this week - An embrocation

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Local farmers may find this embrocation of use, if you could actually still purchase the ingredients. Farmers Advocate October 14, ...

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Bunyip Cemetery

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The Bunyip Cemetery site was officially reserved on November 22, 1886 and on December 6, 1886 the first Trustees were appointed - William Ha...

The 1910s - a spiritual decade for Iona

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The 1910s was a very spiritual decade for the small township of Iona (or Bunyip South as it was originally called) as two churches were bu...

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Divorces in the 'olden days'

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The Divorce Court proceedings were reported in much detail in the newspapers in the past, and this was because one party had to prove the o...

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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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