Yallourn Golf Club
Yallourn Golf Club - the "Bowl" that is referred to is actually a term Lady Golfers used for a competition involving teams from various Golf Clubs. The Men played for a "Plate" The lady in the white may be Jean Donnett...Kevin Brogan
62 Railway Avenue - Devine Family - Yallourn Bowling Club YBC Doreen Radford Bowling
Doreen Radford bowling and Dorothy Devine at Opening of Bowling Season - mid 1960s
CWA Night Early to Mid-1960s
Mrs Taylor holding dress, Mrs Kerr holding the sleeve and Barbara Coyle centre right
Yallourn High School Girls at the Swimming Pool - 28 Feb 1968
28 Feb 1968
Back: Lynette Wilden, Julie Dudley, Dianne Casey
Front: Heather Hall, Shirley Smith, Margaret Richardson
FROM THE NEWSPAPERS - 1922 - General John Monash - A Vision of Yallourn
The attached news article summarized a speech that General John Monash made to members of the press on a tour of the works area of Yallourn in 1922. The report was published in the "Morwell Advertiser" in November of that year.
In his remarks that day (more than 90 years ago), General Monash outlined his vision for Yallourn including coalmining, electricity generation, briquette production, housing and services for the workers and their families.
FROM THE NEWSPAPERS - 1954 - A Night of Action at Yallourn - Boxing
A NIGHT OF ACTION AT YALLOURN
The story on the Virtual Yallourn website, written by Winton McColl in June 2015, regarding amateur boxing in Yallourn, prompted a search of local newspapers. Several articles related to boxing were found including the following report regarding a program of events conducted by the Yallourn Boys’ Club in 1954.