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Does Anyone know anything about this photo? Or what house this is? I think it is in Banksia Street

Can anyone tell me please who were the House Captains in 1973 for Mawson and Flinders?
House Captain for Mawson was S Byrne and G (missing surname)
House Captain for Flinders was S Frost and ? (missing name)

The Honour Boards from Yallourn High School are now situated at the Brown Coal Mine Museum in Yallourn North.

There are two missing names from 1973 and our friends at the Museum are hoping someone can fill in the gaps:

House Captains
Flinders
1973 Missing name
S Frost

Mawson
1973 S Byrne
G ? Missing surname

If you can help, please email Julie@yallourn.org - thanks.

HISTORIC PRINTS AVAILABLE: prints from the original pen drawings of 12 Yallourn buildings made on site in 1980 by Yallourn resident Graham Longmore.

The prints are available in two sets of six at $80 per set plus P&P if applicable.
Set One : Post Office, Shopping Centre, High School, Presbyterian Church, Methodist Hall, 5 Maiden St
Set Two : Picture Theatre, National Bank, Health Centre, Catholic Church, Church of England, 58 Narracan Ave

Paper size is 58 x 41 cm and the image size is up to 42 x 28 cm. The ink used is sepia and the paper is a pale buff colour… more

Highland Dancing in Yallourn by Jean Fox (Hattam) (circa 1990)
The legend of Highland National Dancing and pipe band in and around Yallourn was created by Mrs Emmy Law. In 1935, Mrs Law arrived as a bride and commenced teaching Highland National Dancing, also the bag pipes followed by the pipe band. In 1991, 55 years on, Mrs Law was still teaching with as much success as always, with Alison Coupe holding Victorian Championship for Highland Dancing for the past 3 years. Some of the first pupils are also members of YOGA, namely Barbara Easterbrook (Breen), Betty Whitaker (Smith), Fae… more

DEATH OF GEORGE LOOBY
1922-2014

Former Yallourn footballer George Looby passed away on 27th August 2014. George was a skillful defender for Yallourn FC and was listed as one of the Blues’ best players in the club’s historic win over Morwell in the 1948 Grand Final at Trafalgar. George then went on to play in the premiership team at Traralgon and then played with Hazelwood FC.

In the photograph of the 1948 premiership team, George can be seen sitting next to Jimmy Shaw in the front row.

The Latrobe Valley Express (16 October 2014) recently carried the news regarding the passing of former Yallourn footballer Geoff Taber. Geoff played at Yallourn FC after the war and is one of twenty-eight players' names that are listed on the 1948 ‘souvenir’ premiership flag. It is believed that Geoff was a ruck man for Yallourn in those days.

Geoff was later cleared to Moe Football Club where he gave long and loyal service as a committee member.

A NIGHT OF ACTION AT YALLOURN
The story on the Virtual Yallourn website, written by Winton McColl in June 2015, regarding amateur boxing in Yallourn, prompted a search of local newspapers. Several articles related to boxing were found including the following report regarding a program of events conducted by the Yallourn Boys’ Club in 1954.
In his story, Winton mentioned the prowess of John Backman in boxing contests in that era. The news report below refers to John’s victory (over Brian Edwards of Morwell); and also lists the results of other Yallourn boys who participated in… more

YALLOURN’S FIRST 3D FILM
Everyone who lived in Yallourn was very proud of the town’s ultra-modern cinema and it was big part of the lives of young and old alike The following news article is about the first-ever three dimensional film to be screened at the Yallourn Theatre. The report was published in the ‘Morwell Advertiser’ in September 1953.
The footnotes that accompany this article give brief details about the famous film.
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10th September 1953 Morwell Advertiser Page :3

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THE YALLOURN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Free Library Movement of Victoria was formed in 1937 and within a short space of time, the community of Yallourn had not only fully embraced the idea of ‘free loans’ (except on fictional titles) but had become the pace-setter in public library borrowings throughout the State.
The following article was published in ‘The Argus’ on the 2nd July 1953 and reported on the quantity of books being borrowed at the Yallourn Public Library in that period. The high number of loans, based on per-head of population, probably set some sort of record for library… more