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Standing: Alison McDonald, Karen Prust, Pam Newey, John Taylor, Wendy Hunter, Julie Lacey Seated: Steve Cox, Bernie Austin, Kendal Taylor, Julie Austin

Alison McDonald, Karen Prust (sitting), Bernie Austin, Julie Austin, John Taylor, Julie Lacey (sitting)

Julie Austin, Kendal Taylor, Wendy Hunter, Steve Cox, Pam Newey

Brian Kilday, Colin Nash, Barbara McInnes, Lesley Green

Beverley Mee, Wayne Lock, Pauline Lock, John Crane, Helen Austin, Maureen Austin

In the background - Diane Robertson, Helene Wall, Joy Rickman, Irene Rickman

John Lawson, Tricia Herriman

‘HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS’

THE HOMES OF YALLOURN

INTRODUCTION

Julie Francis, Mavis Webb

Speech time - remembering absent friends

Urszula Horbacz, Barbara McInnes

Part 2

Part 1 

IMAGES  OF  YALLOURN

YALLOURN HIGH SCHOOL - CHEMISTRY  LESSON.

50 YEARS AGO - 1971

Some readers may remember this chemistry classroom at the Yallourn High School. The photograph was taken in 1971; and it is possible, although not verified, that the teacher shown is Mrs Wallis.

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER: THE 2021 REUNION

IMAGES OF YALLOURN

THE  SWIMMING POOL  AT  THE LATROBE RIVER

SUMMER - 1930.

The photograph of an idyllic swimming scene at the Latrobe River in the 1930’s was taken by one of Australia’s most eminent photographers James Pinkerton Campbell (1865-1935). An article about this celebrated resident of Yallourn can be found at:

THE SAD PASSING OF JACK VINALL - above photo taken in 2014 at Jack's home

One of the great personalities of Gippsland, Jack Vinall, passed away at his home in Creamery Road, Yinnar, on Monday, 25th January 2021. Jack Vinall, who was student at Yallourn High School in the 1940’s, played more than 200 games with the ‘Blues and was a prominent player in the Central Gippsland Cricket Association.

Back Row: *, *, Ian, Glen?, *, *, Roland, Phillip, Geoff, Ronny.

2nd Back Row: Jenny, Glenda, *, Jacquie, Joanne, Valerie, *, Trudy?, Linda Mr Weibusch.(Graeme)

2nd Row: Stephen, Rodney, Tim, *, Phillip, Neville, Ernie, Ross, Rick, Graeme, Michael, *, David, Mark.

Front Row: Karen, Brenda?, Wendy, Kathy, Julie, *, Wendy, *, Julie.

Front Kneeling: Graham, Marty and Dave.

Yallourn - Year by Year - 1927

The first sod in the Victorian Government’s  ambitious scheme,  to establish a power generation plant  at Yallourn,  was turned almost a century ago (1921);  and for the next six decades  the township of Yallourn ‘took root, bloomed, withered  and  died’….

Sydney Boyle & Dilys Ingram were living in Chester England in 1949.

One day Dilys said, “Haven’t you got any ambition?”

“Such as ….?”

“Well, migrating or something like that.”