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Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society

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Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society

The Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society was established in 1974. We operate a Museum In Rossiter Road in Koo Wee Rup.

We preserve and promote the history of Koo Wee Rup, the Koo Wee Rups Swamp and surrounding towns suchs as Bayles, Caldermeade, Catani, Cora Lynn, Dalmore, Monomeith, Yallock, Yannathan

01/06/2026

Station Gardens are a feature at Koo Wee Rup - Koo Wee Rup is one of the most attractive stations on the Yarram line - Ben Broadbent started the garden in the early 1960s and his work was taken over by Claude Einsiedel; Station master Ray Brown gets many compliments from passengers and railway officials. The three men are featured in the photograph from the Koo Wee Rup Sun, July 12, 1972 p.8.

30/05/2026

A refrigerated meat van caught fire on the Highway at Caldermeade and the Koo Wee Rup and Lang Lang Fire Brigades attended - some of the meat was saved. The top photo shows Roy Saunders from Lang Lang and the bottom photo, John Duff from Koo Wee Rup. Koo Wee Rup Sun July 26, 1972, p.1.

29/05/2026

An article about Ponderosa Timber in Koo Wee Rup, published by the Koo Wee Rup Sun on March 3, 1965.

17/05/2026

Our Annual Luncheon is on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at the Tooradin Sports club. Bookings essential, details on the flyer. All welcome.

13/05/2026

Masonic Lodge at Koo Wee Rup. The Lodge was built in 1923 and has since been extended and new facade fitted. Photo courtesy of Graham Elso.

09/05/2026

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums. This is one of my all-time favourite photos of some Cora Lynn mums - the 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, my grandma).

01/05/2026

Welcome to the new Brownies at Koo Wee Rup - Simone Lucas, Donna Ridgway, Jan Mills and Samantha Dines. Koo Wee Rup Sun December 13, 1972.

24/04/2026

On ANZAC Day we remember those who served in the Great War. We are the custodians of the Koo Wee Rup Honor Board, which previously hung in the now demolished Memorial Hall. There are 64 names on the board - I have written about these men here https://kooweerupswamphistory.blogspot.com/2025/03/koo-wee-rup-great-war-honour-board.html Lest We Forget.

21/04/2026

Back when trains were everywhere. Koo Wee Rup, on the Great Southern line, had trains passing (and some stopping) that went all the way to Alberton and Port Albert; the trains that carried the coal from Outtrim (via Korumburra); the trains that carried the coal from the State Coal mine at Wonthaggi (via Nyora) and the trains that carried the farm produce from the Strzelecki line. Plus you could get on the train at Koo Wee Rup and head to Dandenong, Melbourne and beyond. Victorian Railways map, 1936 - at the State Library of Victoria https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/120405

20/04/2026

Speeding Trucks a Menace! Enforce a 25 mph speed limit! (that's 40 kph) Koo Wee Rup Sun, January 21, 1953

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325 Rossiter Road
Koo-Wee-Rup, VIC
3981

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