Events

Title	Date
Demolition	01/01/1980
Briquette Factory Demolition - 1975	21/06/1975
Queen's Visit - 1954	03/03/1954
Brown Coal Mine Fire - 1944	14/02/1944
Flood - 1934	01/12/1934
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School & Sports

Recent comments

1 month ago by frank widdows
Hi Wendy,
I remember that hailstorm. My sisters Christine Melbourne and Terry Widdows caused it! It was a stinking hot day so they did a rain dance on the front lawn of our house in Banksia street but it was their first rain dance and their inexperience caused them to dance a bit too long…
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1 month 3 weeks ago by Graham Peters
Re the Christmas Hail Storm

We had been in South Australia, visiting grandparents and returned to Yallourn, being greeted by the bizarre site of windows boarded up and damage everywhere. Fortunately, neighbours had taken pity on us and boarded up our damaged windows. I think there were on…
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1 month 1 week ago by Trevor Mccoll
Just to inform you that Geoff passed away in Queensland 22/12/2019 . he had been sick for some time .

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3 months 1 week ago by info@stevegray.biz
Loved living in an amazing place for my formative years up to 16, before moving to Morwell. So many memories of billy carts, the pool, Cubs and Scouts and climbing trees in our street.

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5 months ago by Julie George
Great photos Michael - not sure if all these great gardens were a sign of the times or exclusive to Yallourn residents.
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6 months ago by Diane Wolff
Jim Hill was a wonderful man. He taught me to play tennis. Living next door I have lovely memories of him as a very kind man.

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6 months ago by Wendy Sestokas
Thank you for sharing your story regarding the hailstones. I remember the incident very sell. I was a child living in Yallourn North. I've always told people over the years about these hailstones but couldn't find anything on the internet. Sadly people presume these events are modern day events…
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6 months ago by Wendy Sestokas
Hi David, Thank you for sharing your story regarding the hailstones. I remember the incident very sell. I was a child living in Yallourn North. I've always told people over the years about these hailstones but couldn't find anything on the internet. Sadly people presume these events are…
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6 months 2 weeks ago by Michael Lamin
I have a copy of the same photo, so it was probably taken by H W Lynch. 24 Hillside was the residence of Horace & Mary Lynch from about 1926 to February 1939.

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6 months 4 weeks ago by Trevor Mccoll
Love the wooden wheel barrow . My Dad had one as well .

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