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Our first home as Mr and Mrs McAllister a lot of Yallourn residents - lived there while waiting allocation of home in Yallourn/Yallourn North

My father James [Jim] Thomas Garvin was born in Bendigo in 1905, he was educated at the Working Man's College, later renamed Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In May 1926 Jim started work, as a Survey Assistant, in Yallourn. At this time Single Staff accommodation was provided in four man tents at the Western Camp with meals provided in the Staff Mess, which was still in operation in 1948. In March 1929 Jim was appointed as an Engineering Assistant to the Construction Branch Yallourn, at a salary of 7 pounds a week.

My 21st birthday, my marriage and the tallest Xmas tree in Yallourn with lights. Immediate Neighbours: Kath & Kevin Green Nearby Neighbours: Across the road - Mr Ingram (Fire Officer); Peter O'Neill (YFC legend)

My only memory is of a Robin Redbreast sitting on the clothesline and my father in pyjamas and dressing gown near the line. Before I was born, my parents lived in Narracan Avenue next door to Dinty and Ruth Williams

Back fence on bush, burnt in 1944 fires. Playing chasey in house, through kitchen, bedroom, hall, lounge. Vegie garden, soil, manure supplied. Wood heap cut by father & Bill French. Late 40s - at last, inside flush toilet. Keeping chooks. Immediate Neighbours: Bill & Lila French (Murray & Trevor). Frank & Thelma Roberts (Douglas & Glenda) - Salvation Army Nearby Neighbours: 1 - Eric & Jean Webster (Barbara, Barry & Wally); 3- Mr & Mrs French (2 girls), then Elliot family; 5 - Grundy - Perc & wife (Graham & Robyn)

Pop (George) was ex Boer War and WW1 - he introduced and taught first aid at the Yallourn SEC.

Immediate Neighbours: Dunstan

Across the road: Bill Wallace & family

Very happy childhood. Dad did the garden, grew all our vegetables. There were great grounds to play in, trees to climb! Walls to hit a ball against and room to hit a tennis ball in the drive; also one could play in the street as there were very few cars. Yallourn was a great place. Great home to be a child - corner block so garden front and sides - no back garden, trees to climb, drive to play ball. Air-raid shelter inside so blocked back hall during the war.

Immediate Neighbours: Mr & Mrs Laurie Walker, Mr & Mrs E Callaway

Great neighbours with great kids, great times in the bush playing hide & seek. We had great climbing trees and town was covered in fruit trees. No matter where you were, you were never hungry. We were the 5th last family to vacate Yallourn. Immediate Neighbours: 9 - Noel & Jim Deer, then Laurie & Denise Henrikson; 13 - Ralph & Pauline Leditshke, then Les & Faye Tulau

The block was very steep. The garage was at road level but the house was set down from the road in the middle of the block. Because of where the house was, I walked to school every day along a rocky dirt path which came out at the Heather Grove little shop. Immediate Neighbours: 9 - Lawry, then Dear; 13 - Johnson Nearby Neighbours: 1 - Foster; 2 - Lofts; 4 - Fankhauser; 5 - Roberts; 6 - Austin; 7 - Williams; 8 - Sutton; 10 - Fitzgerald; 12 - Jollef; 13 - Johnson.

When we first moved in there was nothing but bush behind so we had plenty to do up in the bush, much to the worry of our parents. Immediate Neighbours: Fletcher family (son Keith); Mr & Mrs O'Brien (daughter Pat - son John) Nearby Neighbours: Across the road - Ely & Heade. 2 doors away Janice & David Brown

David - Bike rides down Coach Rd; Billy carts down the back lane; TV at Mrs Dick's shop (Erica Street) - previously Snapes. Mud sleds down the Driffield Rd embankment. Every fruit tree known to man in the yard. Dad repairing / working on guns in his workshop (Bill Brown Gunsmith).

Janice - riding a homemade billy cart down the lane; making bush huts in nearby bush and summer swims in old and new pool. Our family has fond memories of Yallourn as we all worked in this area after marriage.

Immediate Neighbours: 5 - John, Jean, John Jr & Pat O'Brien; 9 - Don, Betty, Bev & Gayle Malpass

Nice house and neighbourhoold. Great memories of school and apprenticeship. Good times in the bush near Rifle Range and Coach Rd Lookout. Immediate Neighbours: Thornton (left); Renwick (right - facing house). Sagar (back); Dingwall/Murphy; Redmond (back); Vincent; Dunstan; Opposite Boola Cres - O'Brien; Esler; Lacey (hairdresser); Wally Loft; Webster (Strzelecki Rd)

Had an absolutely wonderful childhood in Tanjil Place. Lots of time spent playing in the bush, riding bikes, walking to tower at Coach Rd, building billy carts, great bonfires, playing cricket with nearly all the kids in the street on our back lawn. Chasing behind the baker's cart. Immediate Neighbours: Tozer; Patterson Nearby Neighbours: Laurie, Hoffman, Johnson, Fitzgerald, Sutton, Driver, Fankhauser, Tulloch, Hebb, Hall

We had moved from 66 Eastern Ave, East Newborough. Happy to live in a beautiful town, which had a cinema, shops, swimming pool and sports ovals. I was a member of GFS - Anglican Church and a "Keen Teen" marching girl - coached by Mr Webster. Very happy time - after living in a "migrant town" with no facilities. My mother was finally happy living here. Immediate Neighbours: 10 - McIntosh; 6 - Burgoyne Nearby Neighbours: Sambell; Norden; Goss; Horscroft; Field; Lakeman

Very happy. It was above street level and overlooked the town below and right across to the Srzelecki Ranges where there were fern gullies and then led down to the sea. I liked the fact that staff members and even lowly paid employees could live next to each other. This didn't always appeal to some wives (staff)! We were fortunate to be able to go to the snow in winter and the sea - but there was petrol rationing and friends shared the joy. Mr Servellie, Manager of the Briquette Works, whose wife and family were evacuated, took us for drives in the hills etc.

Great plum trees - apricots were only good for the first couple of years. After we'd lived there for about 2 years, we had the phone put on - that was very exciting. We had a very good view of Hazelwood Power Station - when we arrived there were one and a half chimneys. It took about a year for each subsequent chimney to 'grow'. It was very exciting watching the fire that burnt out one of the conveyor systems, can't remember the year. The TV antenna was very tall - I was ony ever game enough to climb about half way up it.

My dad had a large vegie patch. He built a solid concrete walled garage with a large service pit. He also constructed a hydraulic (water) clothes line that went up and down by turning tap off/on. Our briquette heater had a water coil through it to produce hot water. I had a good time playing footy and cricket in Tanjil Place with all the kids. We had our own bush to play in and construct tree houses in. Immediate Neighbours: Mr & Mrs Joe Gordon; Mr & Mrs P Phillips Nearby Neighbours: Hebb; Tulloch; Fankhauser; Roberts; Lynch; LeLievre; Fitzgerald; Hoffman; Ellis