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Published on 15/07/2013 in Photo
I found this photo of a typical Yallourn house. It's identical to the one that used to be at 8 Maryvale Rd, Yallourn.
Published on 10/07/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
The decision to build a Methodist church at 1 Northway was made in1923. Before this, a cottage in Hillside was the scene of the first services. Earlier Church officers had been appointed, they were Messrs T Sinclair, W Cook, C Brinsmead and H Meers. The congregation was allocated a site on Reservoir Road. It was on a rough slope, thickly covered with heavy scrub leading down to Northway which, for a short time before, had been a creek bed. The Church building was completed mainly by voluntary labour costing around 300 pounds for material and some labour.
Published on 05/07/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
Yallourn was a vibrant, spirited and enterprising town in the 1950’s. There were 1000 homes (approx) in the township and the SECV camps and married quarters were fully occupied. Hernes Oak had grown to the point where a new school building was being considered and homes were under construction in Yallourn North and Newborough.
Yallourn was a town in transition. As the power industry expanded and the region developed, Yallourn became the centre of that rapid transformation.
Published on 05/07/2013 in Photo
Standing: Keith Walker (Goal Umpire), Tom Oswald, Syd Collins, Gerald Knight, Milton Kingsley, John Kirwood, Jim Watt, Bill White, Bob Oswald (Treasurer) Middle Row: Claude Hayes (Coach), G Christie, Keith Shepherd, Claude Whitbourne (Bub), Jim Shepherd, John Boag, Keith Squires, Jack Huxtable (Secretary) Front Row: Bill Lawrey, Ken Passey, Kevin Green
(Missing from team photo are Gilbert McPhee, Bill Blackwood and Mick Blackwood)
Published on 04/07/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
"This document written by my dad and acquired by me (Irving Stephens) from Old Brown Coal Mine Museum on Sunday, March 14th 2010 after a Yallourn Old Girls'/Guys' Associaton reunion at the Woorabinda Camp Site on the Latrobe River just west of Yallourn North township. I had not sighted the document previously and have been delighted to get a copy from the museum. Dad rarely fails to date a document. This script suggests it was written in 1967 when he resided at Boronia....."
