This photograph was taken during a clay modelling/art lesson at Yallourn Technical School sometime in the mid 1950’s. Mr Walsh is the teacher; and the students include: Murray French (left hand side of the photograph) and probably/perhaps David Hoffman, Neville Gapes, Len Hilditch , David Grant and Malcolm Gibson. Thanks to Murray French for his kind assistance in identifying some of the boys in the group. Any readers who recognise other students in the above photo are kindly asked to contact Julie . Thank you. Source: MM10242 Museum Victoria Collections.
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Published on 27/07/2018 in Document
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Published on 27/07/2018 in Document
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Published on 25/07/2018 in Document
A TROTTING HORSE NAMED ‘YALLOURN’ Over the past few years, serious efforts have been made to unearth the background information surrounding a trotting horse named ‘Yallourn.’
Newspaper articles indicate that Yallourn raced between 1948 and 1953. Following substantial research and with the kind help of various people associated with Harness Racing Australia, the following facts regarding the pacer, named Yallourn, have been established:-
Published on 12/07/2018 in Photo
Source: Item MM10230- From the ‘Museum Victoria’ collections. https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/763854
This photo is part of a large photographic collection of glass plate and film negatives, photographic prints and photo albums, relating to the development of the electric power supply industry in Victoria, operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) from 1919 to 1993 and various predecessors private and municipal power supply enterprises dating back to the late 1880s.
Published on 06/07/2018 in Photo
Yallourn FC 1936 Premiers & Champions Dan Hutton, B. Green, G. Beston, B. Crawford, T. Knight, L. Kiernan, G. Mahoney, E. Franklin, K. Williamson, G. Slatter, T. McKay, Jack Piggott, Ernie Davies, J. Egan, H. Smith, B. Godfrey, B. Marshall, J. Fincher, S. Attenborough
Published on 06/07/2018 in Photo
Gary Tate, Cheryl Borrill (Cousin) and Hazel Anderson (friend) aprox 1975
Published on 25/06/2018 in Document
A LUCKY ESCAPE - this news report was found in the ‘Barrier Miner,’ a newspaper which was published in Broken Hill from 1888-1954.
The article centres about the rescue of two workers at Yallourn in 1939. The workers named in the newspaper report were Les Kennedy and Syd Abbot. Both men had been pinned, for more than one hour, by an inadvertent coal fall from a bunker at the power station.
The details of the frantic efforts by fellow workers to rescue Les and Syd would have been of great interest to miners in Broken Hill who faced similar dangers each day in their work.