Photos

Spectators at opening of Railway Avenue buildings of Yallourn Technical School 1936

Jill (3 yo) sitting on the Terraplane in front of, what was then, the Yallourn Elementary School - 1936.

Michael Thwaites
Source: The Australasian Nov 21 1936

AT THE SEYMOUR CAMP.
Caption: Yallourn members of the 37/52nd Battalion preparing for parade…

Source: NLA: 11021812 ‘THE ARGUS’ MARCH 18th 1936 PAGE 22

Yallourn FC 1936 Premiers & Champions
Dan Hutton, B. Green, G. Beston, B. Crawford, T. Knight, L. Kiernan, G. Mahoney, E. Franklin, K. Williamson, G. Slatter, T. McKay, Jack Piggott, Ernie Davies, J. Egan, H. Smith, B. Godfrey, B. Marshall, J. Fincher, S. Attenborough

Circa 1936 - Joyce, Ena & Verna Withers

CORONATION BALL Tuesday 21st May 1935
Winning Queen JOYCE WITHERS (ARMY & NAVY)
Presumably the Army & Navy sponsored my mother and I would suggest it was taken in one of the halls.
My mother would have been 15 at the time. To her right and slightly above looks to be her sister VERNA WITHERS nee Puckeridge and immediately to her right is her youngest sister ENA WITHERS nee Butler. The man in uniform on the right was probably the local policeman.

Arthur & Hanna Ostlund, Sonja on a man's shoulders & Stanley Ostlund

"The stone was laid by Robert Derwent Dixon, President of the School Council - Dec 18th 1935 - The Hon Dr J R Harris MLC - Minister of Public Instruction"

Jean Dann & fiance Alec Whitelaw - 1935

Receipt for engagement ring purchased by Alec Whitelaw in Yallourn on 3 December, 1935

Back Row: Cliff Cleverly, Teddy Belcher, B Guest, Dr Jim Andrew, G Anderson, Jock McKean, Jim Reilly, J Gloz
Front Row: George Toy, Billy Kerr, C Hill, R Friday, Johnny McMahon, Jack Carter, Jim Irving

A photo of the flooded open cut on the front page of Melbourne newspaper "The Sun". Monday December 3, 1934.

Briquettes & Towers Jamboree 1st Yallourn Guides
Photo taken in park beside Hotel - Briquettes & Towers Jamboree. 1st Yallourn Guides. 1934
From the left: Merle Fewster-Una Welfare (Tower)-Gwen Colvin- Lesley Hannan- Isobel Calder- Verna Withers- Betty Watkinson- Joyce Withers (Tower)- Margo McKean
Front Merle Allen
Captain Mrs Dann- Lieutenant Mrs Drummond

A crowded train after the 1934 floods.

L-R - Thelma, Marj, Rewa, Les

Brown Coal Mine (now Yallourn North) bridge over Latrobe River, flood level - bridge checking prior to 1934 flood

Jack Collins in 1933. Jack was the President of YFC when the Blues won the flag in 1948.

Joyce Crawley nee Withers 2nd row seated 2nd in from right hand side

Bill is 2nd from right with the trombone - he was a very talented musician. The fact that he played in the band helped him to get a job with the SEC when so many were unemployed. He said that all the young men used to hang around at the gates every day waiting for someone to come out and give them a job. He was the bread winner and desparate for work...Ann Dinsdale

Educational needs were recognised as early as 12 February, 1922 when the Yallourn State School No 4085 was opened with 13 pupils. The first school building was a weatherboard cottage at No.4 Hillside. By 1923 enrolment had reached 139 pupils, they came from the Camps and outlying areas, so a move to a new and bigger buildings in Outlook Road was needed. This would become the Secondary School when a new Primary school was opened in 1932, bordering Park Crescent, Banksia Crescent and Fairfield Avenue.

Yallourn & District Band - 1932

The sculpture of Sir John Monash - unveiled in the Yallourn Gardens in 1932

Caption: A Herald reader's amusing snapshot forwarded from Yallourn of an elephant belonging to a travelling circus dislodging a motor car which had been accidentally driven into a deep concrete drain around the local cricket oval. The help of the elephant was enlisted when other cars had failed to do the job!
Source: ‘Herald’ Monday 11 April 1932. Page 1

Chris (nursed by mum) Nell - overlooking Lakes Entrance - Easter 1931

Taken early 1930s

YFC 1930 Premiers- Photo taken at Grand Final played at Trafalgar FC
Peter O'Neill (Capt), Jim Milne, Ted Hassett, Dan Hutton, S 'Skipper' Scott, Keith Shepherd, P 'Plugger' Culph, H 'Mossie' Crawford, J Brookes, Percy Palmer, R Smith, Jack Piggott, Stan Comber, Ernie Davies, Hugh Graham, A 'Skinny' Pratt, P 'Tiger' Page, Les White, Harry Caddy

1930s group of visiting engineers in front of Yallourn Hotel

1930 - Epidemic of Scarlet Fever claimed 12 victims in Yallourn in one week

Lloyd Brewer played football for Yallourn Football Club before moving to Richmond FC in 1953. He was a grandson of W H (Dad) Brewer and cousin of Joyce, Ena & Verna Withers from Yallourn.

My father John Wolff came to Yallourn in 1932. These are some photos he took in the early days of the power station. I remember going with him to the 'boiler room' and the 'control room' where it was much quieter.

Source: Source: NLA 145975342- ‘The Australian Worker’ 21st May 1930 Page: 11

1929

This photo was taken at Dargo in 1929 by Dr James Andrew. Would anyone recognise any of the faces?

Opening of Hospital by Sir John Monash on 13 January 1929

Never far from the action… Dr James Moore Andrew (dark suit and without hat) can be seen nearest to Sir John Monash at the official opening of the Yallourn Hospital on 13 January 1929.

Yallourn Brass Band 1929 - names of bandsmen:

Top row: L. Trengrove, W. Daniels, W. Fleming, J. Smith, K. Shepherd, W. Reed, A. Welfare, F. Schneider, A. Risely(?), E. Sousa, A. Wiggins, J. White
Front row: K. Smith, J. Arnold, R. Wiggins, R. Douglas, J. Amos, V. McMahon, J. Turvey, P. Cameron, A. O'Brien, R. Gould, G. Roberts, P. Noonan
Drummers: P. Hyland, W. Kite

Source: Ian Fleming

1929 - OPENING DAY - YALLOURN HOSPITAL

Source: State Library of Victoria Ref: H2009 18/256

Opening of Hospital by Sir John Monash 13 January 1929

Hanna + Arthur Ostlund

Robert (Bob) and William (Bill) Dinsdale - approx 1928 - in front of 38 Latrobe Ave

Circa 1928 - a 1500 ton coal bunker under construction at Yallourn A Station
Source: State Library of Victoria H200918/457

Possibly around 1927 - "Church Picnic" - I expect it was the Church of England....Ann Dinsdale

1926 saw the Post Office and State Savings Bank opened for business, they occupied corresponding sites on opposite sides of the town square and were complementary in design. They were double-storied, the upper stories were residences for the bank manager and postmaster. Prior to the opening of the town post office postal facilities had operated at Eastern and Western Camps.

Photo of the front of 24 Hillside - 1926

Stella & Brian Downey - approx 1926

THE HORSES MUST BE FED , EVEN DURING A STRIKE

The caption below the photograph says:
‘A load of fodder on the way to the hill camp at Yallourn.’

Source: ‘Weekly Times’ Saturday 25 December 1926. Page: 38

Photo taken by H W Lynch at 24 Hillside of Mary, his wife, & his mother. This is the Lynch's second Yallourn house, having previously lived at 12 Maiden Street.

I'm not sure if this is the correct address (26 hillside) but it is definitely a drawing based on the photo of the house that is attached to this address. Can anyone confirm that this was the house at 26 Hillside.

This drawing was created as part of the 1925-26 annual report.

Building bridge over Latrobe River to Brown Coal Mine (now Yallourn North), pile driving - 1925

East Camp - Savige Homestead in trees and historic pines - 1925