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.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Closure of the Bayles Railway Station

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Kooweerup-Bayles line to be closed? This was the heading of an article in the Koo Wee Rup Sun of September 10, 1958, p. 3. The Kooweerup-B...

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Kitty Harris Townson and Margaret O'Riordan Hamilton of Koo Wee Rup

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When the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital at Koo Wee Rup opened on Wednesday, May 23, 1923 there was an extensive report in the Koo W...

Monday, March 6, 2023

Official opening of the Westernport Memorial Hospital at Koo Wee Rup on December 4, 1955

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This account of the official opening of the Westernport Memorial Hospital at Koo Wee Rup on Sunday, December 4, 1955 is transcribed from th...

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Official opening of the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital at Koo Wee Rup, May 23 1923

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This account of the official opening of the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital at Koo Wee Rup on Wednesday, May 23, 1923 is transcribed...

Monday, February 27, 2023

Tynong Mechanics' Institute

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The earliest public building in Tynong was the Mechanics’ Institute and this post looks at the history of this Hall and the other one (or wa...

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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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