Jim Mynard – On The Swamp

This book is sold as an eBook and a Paperback.

The pristine, three hundred square mile Kooweerup Swamp, south east of Melbourne, was drained during the 1890’s, when the government lured hundreds of unemployed family men from city streets for the work.

The men were promised they would receive title to a twenty-acre farm if they worked alternatively two weeks on their farm and two weeks paid work digging drains.  In order to gain a work certificate for each two-week shift, the drainers were required to complete listed improvements on their farms.  This provided bureaucrats with dictatorial control over the drainers.

Read the history of the Kooweerup Swamp and how it will probably affect all Victorian’s in the future.