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Tale of the swamp

THE March meeting for the Berwick Pakenham Historical Society will be at 8pm on Friday 4 March.
The speaker will be Heather Arnold whose subject is ‘The Kooweerup Swamp’. Heather is the local history librarian for Casey and Cardinia and is stationed at Narre Warren library. Visitors are welcome.
The group will also have a display at the Pakenham Centenary Show.
Everyone is reminded that the museum is open on Sunday from 2pm to 4.30pm.

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