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, January 23, 2023

Richard Beuhne's Bee Farm at Garfield

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The Leader newspaper of September 3, 1893 had an article on bee keeping in Garfield which also gave some interesting insights into the deve...

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Koo Wee Rup Red Cross members 1943-1944

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This is from the Treasurer's Book of the Koo Wee Red Cross unit. It lists the 261 men and women who were members in 1943-1944. The popu...

Friday, January 13, 2023

Motoring trip around the Koo Wee Rup Swamp in 1929

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Take a motoring trip around the Koo Wee Rup Swamp in 1929. From The Herald, July 18, 1929, see here . Herald Tourist Bureau Circuit of Koo...

Friday, December 30, 2022

What happened in Koo Wee Rup in 1923

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This is a look at what happened in Koo Wee Rup and surrounds, 100 years ago, in 1923, as reported in the newspapers, mainly the Koo Wee Rup ...

What happened in Garfield in 1923

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This is a look back at what happened in Garfield, and surrounds, 100 years ago, in 1923, as reported in the newspapers. In February 1923, t...

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Bayles General Store

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The General Store at Bayles opened in January 1921, and the proprietor was George Petrie Murdoch Junior (1872-1972). George also had the ge...

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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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