Kendal Taylor, Steve Cox
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Published on 19/05/2020 in Photo
Stan Hunt, Julie Francis
Stan trying to tell a joke at 3:30am. What's a Hindu or What's a Hen Do? Either way it was so funny.
Published on 09/05/2020 in Photo
Mary & Horace Lynch in the substantial garden at 32 Hillside. The Lynch's lived at 32 Hillside from 1939 to 1957, & both were keen gardeners. Horace is in his duck shooting punt. Year of photo's is approximate.
Published on 28/04/2020 in Photo
Photo's taken by H W Lynch in 1923 of the 175 & 150 Bucyrus shovels removing overburden to get at the coal seam. The 175 is the shovel that has been flooded.
Published on 21/04/2020 in Document
LAURIE SHIPP 1929-2020
Following an earlier article, regarding the death of Janis Shipp (as posted on Virtual Yallourn-9/4/2020), more sad news came to hand when it was learned that Laurie had passed away at the Japara Goonawarra Aged Care Home, at Sunbury, on Saturday 18th April.
Laurie was born in 1929; and, as mentioned previously on this website, married Janis in 1947. An article and a stunning photograph of Laurie and Janis can be found on this website (scroll down the page).
Published on 09/04/2020 in Document
JANIS SHIPP 1932-2020
Readers will be saddened to learn of the recent passing of Janis Shipp, the wife of former Yallourn’s champion ruckman Laurie.
Janis passed away on 5th April at Japara Goonawara Aged Care Facility in Sunbury after a long battle with illness.
Published on 09/04/2020 in Document
WATT’s OF YALLOURN
This is the story of my grandfather, James Alexander (Jim) Watt, and his family who moved to Yallourn in the mid-1920’s.
Jim was born January 1899 in Pennan, a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to fisherman John and Barbara (nee Wiseman). He lived with his three younger brothers – Ben, George and Andy. Sadly, Barbara died during her fifth pregnancy in 1908.
After Barbara’s death, John continued fishing then served with the Royal Navy (RN) during WW1. The children were cared for by relatives, friends and in a widowed seaman’s boarding school in Aberdeen. My grandfather Jim also joined the RN in 1917 after putting his age up one year to enlist. Both survived the war.
Published on 09/04/2020 in PDF document
WATT’s OF YALLOURN
This is the story of my grandfather, James Alexander (Jim) Watt, and his family who moved to Yallourn in the mid-1920’s.
Jim was born January 1899 in Pennan, a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to fisherman John and Barbara (nee Wiseman). He lived with his three younger brothers – Ben, George and Andy. Sadly, Barbara died during her fifth pregnancy in 1908.