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Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society

Locality: Koo-Wee-Rup, Victoria

Address: 325 Rossiter Road 3981 Koo-Wee-Rup, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Back in the days before on-line dating. From The Herald October 15, 1913. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241531454

25.01.2022 South Gippsland Highway Section 1 : reconstruction near Koo-Wee-Rup, 1934. How the Sth Gippy Highway used to look 80+ years ago. Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 34_00104

25.01.2022 Back to Bayles, February 25, 1967. The Koo Wee Rup Sun of March 1, 1967 reported on the event and also had a list of some of the visitors - I have transcribed it here - http://kooweerupswamphistory.blogspot.com//back-to-bayles-

24.01.2022 The Museum will be open on Sunday March 21 from 1.30pm - 4.30pm. At the moment we plan to open the first and third Sundays of the month or by appointment. Of course, you may remember that we opened twice last year after being closed for over two years due to renovations and then we had to close for Covid - so let's hope this year pans out better than 2020.

24.01.2022 This medal was won by Gladys Bowman at the St Patrick's Day Sport's meeting at Koo Wee Rup in 1933.Gladys won the Under 13 Sword dance. According to the report from the Koo Wee Rip Sun of March 23, 1933 Gladys also won the Under 13 Highland fling - her 21st successive win in this event - she must have entered a lot of competitions. The medals are from Museums Victoria.

23.01.2022 Pellissier Brothers leaving for the Station with milk. This photo was in the Weekly Times of September 6, 1924. It was a full page of photos 'Floods in the Koo Wee Rup district' - you can see the other photos here http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222816998

23.01.2022 If you are seeking the newest, smartest and best in new season wear then you will find your needs admirably catered for at 'the Fashion Centre' in Rossiter Road. Koo Wee Rup Sun April 14, 1927.

23.01.2022 If you are off to the Grantville Drive-in tonight, make sure you have the $1.40 entry fee and 20 cents for each kid. Koo Wee Rup Sun May 22, 1974.

22.01.2022 This dramatic truck fire occured in early February 1967. The J-Model Bedford was delivering fuel to Aub Goodman's farm on Pitt Road in Vervale and it just caught on fire. There were two 44 gallon drums of petrol on the back, which went up first, then the two tanks of diesel caught fire. The driver, Bill McCutcheon of Nar Nar Goon, escaped without injury. The truck was owned by I.A. Williams of Koo Wee Rup. Photos were taken by Jim Rouse and Frank Rouse.

22.01.2022 This is the mallow plant at our Museum. Our Museum is named Mallow. It was built by John Colvin for his newly married daughter, Margaret, who married Les O’Riordan in August 1918. Les, born August 1892, is said to have been the first white child born in the Koo Wee Rup Village settlement. His father, John O’Riordan, opened a store in the town in 1890 - it was a tin shed at the rear of what is now Light’s garage. Les’ mother, Elizabeth O’Callaghan, had been born in the town of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, hence the name of the property.

22.01.2022 This episode of food poisoning, which caused three people to be hospitalised, took place at the Tooradin Women Basketballer's Debutante Ball on Friday, September 17, 1954 and was reported in newspapers in Sydney, Adelaide,Hobart, Kalgoorlie and Perth. Three people were sent to hospital. This report comes from the Adelaide Chronicle of 23/9/1954. You can read a full report in The Herald, here http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248331204

21.01.2022 McDonalds Drain Road bridge, Ballarto Road, October 19, 1937. 1937 - the second biggest flood on the Swamp - December 1924 was the worst. State Rivers & Water Supply Commission photograph. Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Sociery collection.

21.01.2022 Mills & Davey garage. The chap on left is Ray Mills and man in the middle is Harry Mills. The garage was established around 1924. The building is still there in Station Street, it's the yellow building, next to Light's garage. Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Sociirty image.

20.01.2022 Carlo Catani - the namesake of the town Catani, is the the subject of this new Victorian Collections story. I have to dislose that I wrote it with my fellow historian, Isaac Hermann. https://victoriancollections.net.au//carlo-catani-an-engin

20.01.2022 The bridge at Iona, November 1971. The building is the Columba Hall at the Iona Catholic Church, which opened on October 21, 1928. This photo (it was a slide) was taken by my uncle, Jim Rouse.

18.01.2022 Koo Wee Rup Junior Netball Premiers, 1974. Back: Mrs May Ridgway, Sandra Jones, Susan Brown, Michelle Aidone, Karen Clark, Anna Loguisto. Front: Diane Johnson, Barbara James, Carolyn Bell and Vita Aidone. Koo Wee Rup Sun September 25, 1974.

18.01.2022 Father's Day gifts for Dad from 1977. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there. Koo Wee Rup Sun August 31, 1977.

18.01.2022 In April 1951, Mr Walker wrote a letter to the Cranbourne Shire Council complaining about a drain in Koo Wee Rup. Dandenong Journal April 11, 1951.

18.01.2022 Koo Wee Rup A Grade Cricketers. Left to right - P. Shelton, R. Levey, W. Clancy, T. Rilen, R. McLachlan, G. Levey, J. Glasscock, R. Harvey, D. Quanchi, G. Glasscock, R. Anderson. Koo Wee Rup Sun February 13, 1963.

15.01.2022 97 year old, Mr Louis Galtier of Koo Wee Rup spent 20 hours on his roof during the December 1934 floods and was resuced just before his house split in two and collapsed. He is pictured at Dandenong with relief workers. Mr Galtier died the next year on April 9 1935. Perth New Call & Bailey's Weekly, April 13, 1934 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211182638

14.01.2022 Trucks loaded with spuds, lined up on the railway platform at Koo Wee Rup, c. 1940s. Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society photo.

13.01.2022 Did the water quality improve after these works in 1981? Koo wee Rup Sun April 13, 1981

13.01.2022 Koo Wee Rup High School Prefects, 1961. The boys are Ray Cameron, Chris Motton, Darrell Holt and Ken Rook. The girls are Lynette Banks, Merrilyn McGregor, Betty Row and Mary Slater. Koo Wee Rup Sun April 26, 1961.

12.01.2022 Form 6 - Koo Wee Rup High - 1976. Back row left to right Julie Maxwell, Audrey Ver Beek, Jenny Interlandi, Toula Cavnaudias, Kaye Lusty, Ruth Codlin, Robyn Smart, Rosa Motta. Second Back row left to right Kaye Donnelly, Phillip Roy, Sue Jeffers, David Gardiner, Andrew Odrowaz, Gerry Vogels, Janice Davey, Frank Briganti, Elizabeth Orr. Second front row left to right Mr Osborne, Rae Simpson, Michael Dwyer, Bernard Van de Berg, Peter Swanson, Robert Van de Berg, Peter Ellaway, Gary Methven, Heather Rouse. Front row - left to right - Winifrid Beilharz, Sally Nixon, Maurice Rossetti, Elizabeth Dietrich, Craig Pritchard, Sandra Thwaites, Murray Hodgson, Ann Kelly, Jeff Bell. Front with sign Debbie Crowley.

12.01.2022 If you travel along Ballarto Road, past the Cardinia Primary School, then you would know that they have just installed new electronic speed limit signs, because the 'Cardinia school crossing is a concern' just like it was in 1975. Koo wee Rup Sun March 5, 1975

11.01.2022 Some Yannathan history from Graeme Butler and the Gippsland History FB page.

11.01.2022 Sam Cafra of Dalmore - onion grower. From the Koo Wee Rup Sun April 10, 1968

10.01.2022 This is a State Rivers and Water Supply Commission photo, taken in this area. The man on the right has a jumper on which says Shackcloth Cycles, a business in Koo Wee Rup run by Andrew Colvin. He also leased out cars, so this may be him or his driver. It's during a flood - maybe 1916 or 23 or 24 - perhaps someone can date the car. State Library of Victoria Image rwg/u857 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/445535

10.01.2022 As from tonight we can only shop within 5kms of our house - if only the Cora Lynn store was still open! It's slim pickings if you live in Cora Lynn - even the Bayles store is 7km away! Cora Lynn store, c.1910. Peter Corcoran standing in front with bicycle. (Photograph from the Berwick Pakenham Historical Society collection)

09.01.2022 Dave Mickle and Ken Huxtable - two great men who did so much to collect and preserve the history of Koo Wee Rup and the Swamp. Pictured in 1987 at the launch of Dave Mickle's volume 2 of Mickle Memories. Ken was one of the founders of our Society. Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society photo.

09.01.2022 Rows of bags of potatoes, Murray Road, Cora Lynn, early 1960s. Photo taken by Jim Rouse at his farm.

08.01.2022 We are very sad to hear of the passing of June and we send our sympathy to her family and friends.

05.01.2022 Part of the celebrations for the Coronation of the Queen on June 2, 1953 was a street parade in KWR - this is from the Koo Wee Rup Sun report - 'the procession included an old penny farthing cycle ridden by Phil Colvin bedecked in a brightly colored red, white and blue vest, long-tailed black flogger, black hat and black and red socks and disguised by an extra long flowing black moustache'. Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society photo.

05.01.2022 Cyclone at Bayles! From The Age, May 12, 1928. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202305524

05.01.2022 The Horse Stewards at the Catani Show, February 1953 - Messrs W. Fisher (Modella), W. Thwaites (Yannathan), R. Fisher (Catani) and D. Greaves (Lang Lang) Weekly Times February 18, 1953 see the rest of the photos here http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224030390

05.01.2022 Eleven Mile Bridge at Cora Lynn - July 1958. Bit of water there! This is a slide taken by my uncle, Jim Rouse.

04.01.2022 Our meetings have been cancelled until further notice due to the restrictions put in place by the Government to combat the Corona virus outbreak. Our Museum is also closed until further notice. In the meanwhile, we will continue to post photos here on Facebook. Keep well, everyone.

04.01.2022 What a lovely wedding photo of Emma Bombaci and Con Di Pietro. Bridesmaids: Nella Bertuna, Santina Woodhouse, Lucy Di Pietro and Silvia Carra. Junior bridesmaids: Safia Pane and Franca Di Pietro. Best man: Sam Bertuna. Groomsmen: Joe Fazzino, Joe Gurcuillo and Frank Bombaci. It's from the Koo Wee Rup Sun of March 5, 1975.

04.01.2022 This is a photo of the Monomeith airfield, taken sometime between 1942 and 1946, with the caption 'Rich pasture land badly flooded owing to the sealing of original contour drains. Many acres of land (a bullock to the acre) badly affected in this way'. It comes from a document at the National Archives - RAAF Monomeith Park [Cranbourne] - Aerodrome works - you can read it here https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRe//ViewImage.aspx It has a lot about drainage issues, photos on page 56, 58, 60 & 62 (this photo here) and a few runway plans.

02.01.2022 Does anyone remember Mr Laney at KWR High? He's a bit of a spunk! This is from the Koo Wee Rup Sun of May 5, 1976.

02.01.2022 These photos were taken by Ken Huxtable on the same day KIllara Hostel opened, which was late 1997.

01.01.2022 Cora Lynn Combined Churches Ladies Guild, c. 1965. Left to Right - Mabel McDonald (nee Wilkinson), Elsie Wilkinson, Rene Huntingford (nee Stephenson), Mrs Benham, Pearl Townley, Audrey Reid, Nell Wakenshaw, Mrs McKenzie, Grace Huntingford, Corrie Kinsella and Eva Rouse (nee Weatherhead).

01.01.2022 I have to get myself a new TV - I like this one with the massive 23 inch screen. It's 184 guineas - if we say that is about 190 then according to the Reserve Bank inflation calculator that TV today would be $5,718! https://www.rba.gov.au/calculator/annualPreDecimal.html Koo Wee Rup Sun August 10, 1960.

01.01.2022 From the Koo Wee Rup Sun of Aug 2, 1972 - Seventeen year old Johanna Post made her last delivery as Kooweerup postie last week. Johanna is leaving this month with her father on an indefinite trip to Holland. Johanna, who comes from Lang Lang, was farewelled last Wednesday by the staff at the Kooweerup Post Office. She has worked as a postgirl and night switch attendant for the past 2 years.