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Back Row: Owen Cosgriff, Col Benson, Phil Ashmead, Watson Griffiths, Jack McMichael, Des Madden, Sid Tate, Len Kiernan, Les Greenham, A Organ
Middle Row: Charlie McWilliam (Umpire), Jack Mangan, Fred Byron, Jim Shaw (VC), Bob Edmondson (President), Col Webster (Captain & Coach), Cyril Metcalf, Morrie Rodda, Keith Lawrence, (? Boundary Umpire)
Front Row: (? Trainer), Frank Grey, Jack Boucher, Don Benson, Claude Higginson, Bill Godfrey

Caption: POSTMISTRESS AT HERNE’S OAK, Mrs. Agatha O’Reilly, lost her home but saved post office documents and money, and opened P.O. in a garage.
SOURCE: NLA 47488703 ‘THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY’ - Saturday, 4th March 1944 Pages: 12 & 13

Baroness Enid Summerskill who visited Yallourn during World War:II

Source: Spartacus Educational.com website.

Chris, Nell, Joan + Bob Garvin - Sept 1943

Jim Garvin - dressed in uniform - (background is Harris's house)

Back: L Hale, P Roberts, 2 Foley brothers
Centre: J Matthews, Sonja Ostlund, D Yeomans, M Mussared
Front: S Mussared, I Lennie, Stan Ostlund

Jim + Judith Dickson

Peter Dann and his cousin Elizabeth Whitelaw (daughter of Jean Whitelaw (nee Dann) and granddaughter of Ernest & Ada Dann) at Yallourn - 1943

Elizabeth Whitelaw - 1943

Elizabeth Whitelaw - 1943

Elizabeth Whitelaw - 1943

4 Ridgeway West - 1943

This rare photograph was unearthed in the ‘Weekly Times’ under the heading of ‘Yallourn War Workers.’
Caption: ‘ Committee of Yallourn Women's National Emergency Fund, which has sent 1380 parcels to local servicemen and women, and 2600 knitted garments for the Red Cross and A.C.F. : Mesdames B.T. Drummond (Sec.), W.G. Monteith, R. A Hunt (President), H.W. Lynch, R. McGowan (Treasurer), C. Tinker, C.M. Smith, C.T. Habich, E. Madden, W. Kerr, C.F. Jolliffe, L. Dann.”

Caption: A gas producer attached to a Wolsley car, Yallourn, September 1943. Because of petrol rationing during World War II, many cars carried converters to allow their engines to run on gas made from charcoal.

Source: Museums Victoria. Reference: MM11102 September 1943.

Photo of house front - 1942

Howard Dann with Joyce, his first wife, at Yallourn - 1942

Howard Dann with son, Peter, at Yallourn - 1942

Yallourn Picture Theatre taken in 1942 from around the corner of Church Street & Broadway West

Original Source : Not known

Caption: Welfare ladies: Mesdames O’Kane, McKay and Hoath 1942

Shirley & Pat Marshall, Peggy Steffen (right) - 1941

L. Hillis ( Yallourn) reaching forward for a low forehand stroke during the country week matches at Kooyong yesterday.

SOURCE: NLA 205298353 ‘THE AGE’ TUESDAY MAY 4th 1941 PAGE:10

Dave & Stella Downey - 1940s

Dave & Stella Downey - 1940s

Back Row: Wilma Irving, Peggy Sincoe, Barbara or Kathleen O'Brien
Centre: Kathy Hayes
Front: Joan O'Bern, Mavis Webb, Lexie Hayes

Miss Huddy

Standing: ? , ? , ? , ? , Lorraine Hutton
Kneeling: ? , ? , ? , ?

Back Row: Wilma Suckling, ? , ? , Thelma Sharman, Lexie Hayes
Front Row: Kathy Hayes, ? , ?

Back Row: Jack Gloz, Ron Boyd, Bill Collins, Doc Andrew, Peter Gregson, Alex McAllister, ... , Jim Irving
Front Row: George Toye, ... , Ernie Trusler, Cliff Cleverly, Ted Belcher, ... , ...

List of Primary School Teachers - approx 1940

Standing: Frank Barton (with Mary Wharton), Catherine Barton, Bill Wharton
Kneeling: Les Barton. Thelma Barton, Marj Barton
The picture as talen by Leila Wharton (nee Barton)

Lucy & Mildred Crowe with Air-Raid Shelter in background

Mildred Crowe at home

Approx 1940

The gardens in foreground gave way to Purvis and SEC Showrooms

W H (Dad) Brewer set up and ran the brickworks for the SEC (1918-1920) and later took it over when the SEC didnt require bricks to build the township. Dad Brewer was a Director of 3TR, which radio station was got up and running by many Yallourn people. It was based at Trafalgar but shifted to Sale at sometime. Dad Brewer was also League President and President of Yallourn Football Club and was awarded Life Membership with a 9 ct gold badge in 1946. The pavillion at the #1 Oval was also named after him.

HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHOTO 5TH GRADE

LEFT TO RIGHT

1ST ROW
BILL LAURIE, MAX JAMES, …….., MAURICE KITNEY, JIM HOLYOAK, BOB SELBY HELE, BOB AMOS, BILL MCLARTY, ALBERT TROAK, RAY BOLGER

2ND ROW
BRUCE MACHINE, FRANK RANDALL, BILL JONES, TWIN HARKIN BOB CONNELY, PEG WELFARE, …. PARRY, FRANK SUTTON, STAN WRIGHT, GERRY KNIGHT, WARWICK SQUIRES, MERV PRICE, BILL WHATELY

3RD ROW
LAURIS STANGER, JUNE MOULD, WILMA IRVINE, FAE LAWSON, MARY SUTTON, DOREEN POWELL, SHIRLEY WHITMORE, MARYL JOHNSTONE, IRENE HULL, BARBARA O’BRIEN, KATH O’BRIEN

4TH ROW

Hector and Marjorie with Peter and twins Michael and Prue at 16 Northway circa 1939

Can anyone add any names. Ken Williams is brother of Geoff, who is featured in FROM THE NEWSPAPERS below.

In 1939 Yallourn Blues played Leongatha in the Central Gippsland FL Grand Final at Trafalgar.
In the above photo, Ken Williams is probably the player fourth from the right in the back row. He is standing next to Col Webster. The captain of the team in that CGFL Grand Final was Bert Downes ( formerly of Fish Creek FC).
The final scores were:
Yallourn: 16. 12. 108 defeated Leongatha: 9.9. 63
Goal kickers for Yallourn: Batson 7 Barton 5 Comber 2 Beulke 1 Williams 1

Yallourn Golds V Morwell

Source: NLA 205621676 ‘The Age’ May 1st 1939 Page: 4

The caption below the middle photograph above read:
“WITHIN ONLY ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF THE POWER-HOUSE AT YALLOURN, this bush fire swept through timbered country yesterday. Only the change in the direction of the wind saved the township from destruction...”
THE PAGE ONE ARTICLE ABOUT THE FIRES AT YALLOURN
The article on the front page of the same newspaper read as follows:
THREE-MILE FRONT OUTBREAK AT YALLOURN

1938 Miss Joy’s (Smith) Dancing School – First Pupils

L-R: Vera Pinall, Wilma Griffiths, Jean Hattam, Elspeth Beulke, Agnes Morris, Margaret McWilliam

Photo of Eric Johnstone (left). The man on the right was the best man at his wedding but his name is unknown.

1938 Yallourn Blues Junior Soccer Team
Back Row: Bruce Spenser (reserve); Doug Wilson; Tom Melbourne; Ron Welfare
Middle Row: Bob Crookston; Roy Whelan; Ray Stanger; Ray Tate
Front Row: Tom Mills; --- Drane; Don McAllister; Syd Tate; Brian Downey
Coach: Tom Oddy
Photo taken at Yallourn Oval 1938
Syd 'Spudda' Tate (1925 – 2015) later played VFL football for Geelong Football Club between (1947 – 1951) and was a member of their 1951 Premiership Team.

Caption: The mysteries of a modern high-power electric switchboard being explained to a class at the Yallourn Technical School by the Principal (Mr. H. Beanland).

SOURCE: NLA: 20695587 -‘THE AGE’ TUESDAY 7th JUNE 1938 PAGE: 15.

Yallourn 'B' power station boiler house firing floor, circa 1938.
Source: Museum Victoria. Reg: MM 0106176

BACK TO THE FUTURE - YALLOURN WOMEN’S CRICKET TEAM - 1938 - 81 YEARS AGO

Caption under first photo: GIRL CRICKETERS at St. Kilda today: Miss D. Williams (Ballarat) in action against Yallourn. The wicket-keeper is Miss L. Nicholl.
Source: ‘The Herald’ Tuesday 19 April 1938. Page 24.
Note: Miss Nicholl (perhaps incorrect spelling in the above photograph- see below) was the captain of the Yallourn team in 1938.

Photo of house front - 1937

Yallourn & District Band - 1937

29 Latrobe Ave - 1937

Bob, Nell + Chris Garvin - Jan 1936

Dorothy Phillips with Marlene and Keith Mitchell with Betty at 7 Edgehill Rd - 1936