Photos

Yallourn Youth Club - Mavis McAllister (Webb) - 1948 bike hike to Narracan Falls

Standing: Ray Kitney, ? , Wally George, George Bates, Sam French, Bruce Knight, B Nairn, Peter Watkinson, John Jackson, Ken McColl, Tom Piggett, Kevin Fanning, Bill Harkins, Roy Whelan, Toby Williams, Russell Kingsley
Sitting: Bill Griffiths, Daryl Knight, ? , Simon Shaw, John Price, Cyril Moreland, George Botten, Stan Brown, Frank Kelly (Coach)

Photo provided by Lauris Stanger

Yallourn Football Club 1948

Standing (Left to Right)
Ray Kitney, unknown, Wally George, G Bates, Sam French, Bruce Knight, B Nairn, Peter Watkinson, John Jackson, Ken McColl, Tom Piggett, Kevin Fanning, Bill Harkins, Roy Whelan, Toby Williams, Russell Kingsley

Sitting (Left to Right)
Bill Griffiths, Daryl Knight, unknown, Simon Shaw, John Price, Cyril Moreland, George Botten, Stan Brown, Frank Kelly (Coach)

Dad Brewer's funeral cortege travelling down Southway in March 1948. Over 72 vehicles followed the hearse to the Yallourn Cemetery. His grave is in the first row inside the gates.

Caption: YALLOURN SCOUTS: Lady Baden Powell visited Yallourn on February 13th and inspected local scouts (top left), cubs (lower left )…

Source: ‘Weekly Times’ Wednesday 25 February 1948, page 5

Joan, Beryl, Bob + Jim Garvin - 1947

L-R: Fred Byron, Arthur Oliver, ... Allen, Doug Smith?, Bob Whitford
Yallourn CC Commitee: Ward Boag, Chris McGuinness, Jock Wylie, Norm Byron

L-R: Fred Byron, Arthur Oliver, ....Allen, Doug Smith?, Bob Whitford

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Back: A Burrage, B Stevenson, C Fowler, N Moller, G Edmonson, C Cullen
Centre: J Briese, L Hopkins, K Collins, S Ostlund, A Webb, D Graham, J Jackson
Front: ... , ... , J Vinall, K Robertson

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David + Jim Dickson

David, Philip + Jim Dickson

Joan Stewart & Audrey McAuliffe (Wiggins) - approx 1947

Victor, Floris, Lois, Betty & Barry Gust - approx 1947

Standing: Barry Gust, Don McCredden
Sitting: Betty & Lois Gust

Top Row: Joan Hendresch
2nd Top Row: Norman Burke, John Hogan, Bill Haycock, ?, Val Cook, Judy Humphrey, Kay Kenny, ? , ? , ?
2nd Row: Lynette Rooney, ? , ? , ? , Sandra Slatter, ? , ? , ? , Norma Neville, Gwen Rice, Helen Brundell, Pat Myers, ?
Front Row: Michael Green, John Gunn, John Grieve, ? , ? , Noel Brennan, Kevin Shine, Vincent Emmet

Beanland brothers - David, John & Graham - in front of air-raid shelter at 26 Hillside in 1947.

Live Wire Retirement Notice - Ernest Dann - 8 January 1947 - front

Live Wire Retirement Notice - Ernest Dann - 8 January 1947 - rear

Back Row in whites: Hugh Crawley, Harold Beney, E Barlow, P Harris, D Proctor (at end in suit - possibly D Clemmens)
Middle Row: H Whitehead, B English, D Gray, M Harvey
Front Row: W Griffiths, Norm LeLievre, D Blennerhasset

Note the tank in the background - would this be the hospital in the distance behind No 1 Oval?

Photo from Neil Crawley

1947 Yallourn Football Club
Left to Right
Back Row: Owen Cosgrove (goal umpire); Jack Taylor; Allen Jenner; Allan McIntyre; Jeff Taber; Bruce Knight; Joe Kirkup; Maurice Williams; Bob Chancellor (umpire)
Middle Row: George Botten; George Looby; Bill Shaw; Bill Godfrey (Captain); Keith Laurence; Geoff Collins
Front Row: Stan Brown; Ralph Buzzacot; Jack Higgins; Ian Price; Jimmy Shaw

1947 or 1948 YHS Hockey Team (Teachers?):

Back Row: xxx Price, Ian Wynd, Frank Farrelly, Dick Silcock, Lindsay Young
Front Row: ? , Marion Dawson, ? , xxx Haugh, Norm Stewart

(Photo provided by Dorothy Edwards)

Sketch of the SEC's Eastern Road Hostel for Single Men in 1947
Original source unknown

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Judith, David + Jim Dickson

This is my Great Grandfather's - W H (Dad) Brewer - Life Membership from YFC. It is 9ct and was presented in 1946. It is in a box with an inscription that states it was made by Dunklings of Bourke & Collins Street Melb. The pavillion at the #1 Oval was also named after him....Neil Crawley

This is my Great Grandfather's - W H (Dad) Brewer - Life Membership from YFC. It is 9ct and was presented in 1946. It is in a box with an inscription that states it was made by Dunklings of Bourke & Collins Street Melb. The pavillion at the #1 Oval was also named after him....Neil Crawley

Back Row: Joan Pollock, June Blenkiron, Winnie Watkinson, Sylvia Beulke, Joan Lynn, Betty Cox
Middle Row: Betty Curl, Gwen Glover, Mrs McGuiness, Joan Renwick, Lexie Hayes
Front Row: Georgina Gilchrist, Wilma Griffiths, Ruth Ray, Lucy Crowe, Betty Amos

Kindly supplied by Helen Hender

Margaret Whitelaw & sister, Elizabeth, at Yallourn - 1946

Prue Ashley and Betty Wallace presenting flowers to the Duchess of Gloucester in Yallourn circa 1946. Prue said they had many practices with a bunch of asparagus to get it right.

George Card - Yallourn FC to Geelong FC in 1946. George played 46 games with Geelong FC.

Caption: MARRIED WORKERS live under a commission housing scheme at Yallourn. Mr and Mrs J.C. Sagar and their daughter Margaret relax by the fire.

SOURCE: NLA 22328283 ‘THE ARGUS’ THURSDAY 29th AUGUST 1946 PAGE : 8

Back: B Mussared, Mr Ostlund, Sonja Ostlund
Front: V Cook, Margaret, Douglas, Beverley & Robert Mussared

Alec Bacon with his bike

Monty McKenna and staff at the Yallourn Station approx mid 40's. Monty was assigned to Yallourn from approx 1942 until he retired in 1950.

Top row L-R: E G (Ted) Clarke, ? , ? , ? , ?
Bottom Row L-R: Chris Sparkes, Wilf Peters, Jack Collins, Tom Kennedy, Monty McKenna, Cliff Montague

The Williams' Family Cricket Team in 1945. This photograph was taken at Willow Grove when the Williams' family played 'The Rest'.

Back Row: Colin, Cyril, Keith, Eric, Doug, Lad, Mossie, Jack
Front Row: Alan, Bert, Syd, Reube

Caption: ‘As the officer escort for Japanese military and naval commanders at the official surrender ceremony at Torokina, New Guinea on September 8th 1945.’

This rarely seen photograph is part of an article in a ‘Contact’ magazine related to the life of Brigadier John Field. Brigadier Field was the General Superintendent of the Latrobe Valley Region of the SECV from 1951-1964 and a resident of Yallourn (at 23 Reservoir Road) for many years.

To read more about Brigadier John Field and the ‘Yallourn connection’:

Alex McAllister

Constructing a hut

L-R: Keith Carter, Vic Greer, Max Miner, Vern Dodemaide, George Toye, John Irving, Bill Collins, ...,
Alex McAllister
Kneeling: Peter Gregson, Jim Irving + Bill Kerr

Vic Greer, Keith Carter + Jim Irving

L to R: Judith, Marge holding David + Jim Dickson

1944
Back L-R: Jean Hair, Keith Hair, Mona Allford, Reg Allford
Middle: James Rimmer, Annie Rimmer holding Peter Allford
Front: Robin Hair, Anne Allford

Provided by Clinton Rodda