Published on 09/06/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
Well done to those involved in this Yallourn website with regards to it's history and of cause the need to know what happened to our great town. YES it "must" be documented for the future so this catastrophe does not ever happen again.
I have been a constant veiwer to what has been placed on the site and my is thinking is that it would be benificial for those who were there in those days of the past to write what they did and where they are now.
Published on 31/05/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
THE HISTORY OF THE YALLOURN SOCCER CLUB INTRODUCTION: Julie asked me whether I would prepare a history of the Yallourn Soccer Club seeing that I was awarded a Master’s Degree (Research) from Victoria University in 2002 on the same subject "Coal, Steel & Leather – The History of Soccer in Gippsland". I agreed. That work centred on three Gippsland soccer clubs, the Wonthaggi Magpies, Yallourn Soccer Club and the Morwell Falcons, each in turn were "Champions of Victoria" during the twentieth century.
Published on 20/05/2013 in Photo
This photo was dated 1959 but appears to be much older than that. Would love some tennis stories on here.
Published on 06/05/2013 in Photo
Yallourn’s champion defender, Kevin Fanning, rises high to mark over team mate Stan Brown and Sale forward, Jack McKee, in the 1955 LVFL Grand Final at Morwell. Sale won the thriller by 10 points.
Published on 06/05/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
YALLOURN FOOTBALL CLUB 1945-65
60 YEARS AGO ~ 1953 IN REVIEW & KEVIN FANNING
1953 was a momentous season for the Blues. It started with the tragic death of Simon Shaw. The news of Simon’s death, in February that year, reverberated far and wide and had a dramatic effect on all in the district (see the Virtual Yallourn story regarding Simon Shaw). It was only eight years after the end of World War II . The Latrobe Valley was a region in rapid transition and Yallourn was at the centre of that industrial and social change. Prue McGoldrick wrote…
Published on 01/05/2013 in Story, Query, Note, Movies
When planning for Yallourn “C” Power Station started in the late 1940s, it was clear that some items, in particular transformers (which cannot be broken into parts) would be too big and heavy to be carried by rail, as was done for the earlier “A” & “B” Stations. A road transport trial was conducted by the SEC in April 1952. In 1951, the only suitable truck available in Australia was the 1940 American DIAMOND-T 980, a WW2 6x4 tank recovery and transport prime mover, capable of handling armoured vehicles of about 30 tons, such as US Grant and Sherman tanks.
Published on 01/05/2013 in Photo
Yallourn- the map of the streets the over burden dredge covered. The coal mining got as far as the hospital.
Published on 29/04/2013 in Photo
The Commandos - trained by Eric Webster
L-R (starting at rear): Pat Tuohy, ? , ? , ? , Maxine Humphrey, Kath Wharton, ? (front)
Published on 29/04/2013 in Photo
Back Row: Vic Scholes, ? , ? , Max Grubb, Jim Wylie Front Row: ? , Bill Carrie, ? , John Sundquist
Published on 29/04/2013 in Photo
Reg Penkethman & Bob Nash - both in Form 4 at YHS - 1954 - still best friends today (2013).
