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BURSTING AT THE SEAMS AT YALLOURN HIGH SCHOOL

With the 2019 Reunion fast approaching, it is timely to post a story on the Virtual Yallourn website related to the history of the Yallourn High School. It is hoped that former students will enjoy the trip down ‘Memory Lane’ (not to be confused with Meadow Lane, which ran off Latrobe Avenue).

Yallourn State Schools’ Mothers' Clubs delegates photographed at the VFMC quarterly conference in Melbourne in 1954. From left : Mrs F. White (Yallourn), Mrs A. Davis (Yallourn) and Mrs F. M. Millett (Leongatha South). Note: ‘VFMC’ is an acronym for Victorian Federation of Mothers Clubs. Source: ‘Weekly Times’ Wednesday 16 June 1954. Page 52

James (Jim) Garvin (1905 - 1963) Jim Garvin was born in Bendigo and educated at Melbourne Working Man's College (later Royal Melbourne Technical College). After teaching in Melbourne, he came to Yallourn in 1926 as a Survey Assistant (salary 231 pounds per year). Single accommodation was provided in four man tents at the Western Camp. In 1929, Jim transferred to an Engineering position with the Construction Section for two years. Jim married Ellen (Nell) McKie in March 1930 and they moved into a two bedroom timber house at 7 Heather Grove in May 1930, where they lived until 1937.

Marion Kossatz (O'Hara) YHS 1947 Wrote to say it has been a long time since she has received such a lovely surprise in the mail (or anywhere else!!) and that was our Newsletter. Marion transferred in from NSW to YHS Form 3 and spent some of the happiest years of her life there. In 1949 and 1950, she was Captain of Flinders House, a Prefect and the Editor of the Pylon. She gained her Matriculation Certificate in 1950. For some months, she lived on a farm at Morwell North, walking to the APM, catching a bus to Morwell and then waited for the next bus to YHS.

John Langford YHS 1949 (brother of Ruth Young) Recalls some of his school years: "High School was like a burst of sunshine after Primary School. Mr Champion was the Headmaster. He rode a bicycle to and from school at negative velocity. Other early 50's teachers I remember were Mr Mee, Miss Hanna (on whom I had a crush) who worked hard to encourage me in the execution of those dreaded English essays due in on Monday morning; the Wynnes, Messrs Stewart, Young, Mitchell, Duffy and Farrelly.