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, December 23, 2019

Cora Lynn in flood

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This postcard was  sent by my grandfather, Joseph Rouse, to his uncle Bob, Robert Rouse. Joe was born in November 1892 and he and his father...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Koo Wee Rup - an acrostic

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This is a potted history of Koo Wee Rup, using the name as the acrostic. K is for Koo Wee Rup - the name of the town and the Swamp. Koo ...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Record consignment of cattle brought to Monomeith, April 1967

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These great photos (the colour ones), courtesy of Neville Clark, are of Hugh Bourke, off-loading cattle at Monomeith Railway Station. They ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

A canal from the Yarra River to the Latrobe River via the Koo Wee Rup Swamp

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On July 20, 1867 T he Age published this letter to the Editor, from J. Wood Beilby of Dandenong. Mr Beilby suggested the construction of a ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Henry James Boxshall (1880 - 1968) obituary from the Koo Wee Rup Sun

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Henry Boxshall wrote a history of the early families at Yallock - you can read it here . I came across his obituary which was published in t...
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Families at Yallock by H.J. Boxshall

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Families at Yallock this was written by H.J. Boxshall, it was published in The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire by Niel Gunson.  Families at...
Monday, August 26, 2019

William Lyall and the Acclimatisation Society

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William Lyall (1821-1888) (1),  the owner of Harewood , on the South Gippsland Highway at Koo Wee Rup was an enthusiastic member of the Accl...
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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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