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.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Royal Hotel Koo Wee Rup - the McNamara, the O'Brien and the Daniher families

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The Royal Hotel in Koo Wee Rup was built by Denis McNamara, who had been issued a victualler’s licence at a hearing at the Wonthaggi Licensi...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Pub crawl in 1918 leads to licensing prosecutions at the Bunyip Police Court

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The Bunyip and Garfield Express of October 4, 1918 had this following interesting account of a pub crawl by four lads - Frederick Sippo, H...

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Annie the Circus Elephant who died at Koo Wee Rup

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Goldwyn Brothers' Circus came to Koo Wee Rup on Wednesday, October 27, 1948; they were scheduled to perform that night, but were prevent...

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Short history of the Hospitals in Koo Wee Rup

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The Koo Wee Rup Regional Health Service celebrated it centenary on May 23, 2023 and even though we have looked at some aspects of the histor...

Sunday, April 30, 2023

RAAF plane crash at Garfield, January 17 1958

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This report of the crash of an RAAF aeroplane at Garfield is from the The Age , Saturday January 18, 1958 p. 3. Air Cadets unhurt in R.A....

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Doctor and Mrs Appleford, M.M. arrive in Lang Lang

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Lang Lang had good news in September 1919 as Dr Appleford and his wife, Nurse Alice Ross-King decided to settle into the town - Lang Lang is...

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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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