YALLOURN - YEAR BY YEAR - 1931 | www.virtualyallourn.com Skip to main content ‌ ‌ ‌ User account menu Log in Search Main navigation Home About People Individuals Families Groups Places Houses Tenancies Stories Media Archive Photos School Photos Videos Reunions SEC Magazines YHS Pylon Magazines YTS Magazines Memorabilia Events YALLOURN - YEAR BY YEAR - 1931 Breadcrumb Home Media Archive YALLOURN YEAR BY YEAR 1931 Submitted by Julie George on Tue, 14/06/2022 - 12:03 Yallourn - Year by Year - 1931 The first sod in the Victorian Government’s ambitious scheme, to generate electricity at Yallourn, was turned more than a century ago (sometime around 1920); and for the next six decades the township of Yallourn ‘took root, bloomed, withered and died’…. “Yallourn was swallowed by the coal mine it was built to serve”… ‘The Herald Sun’ May 2016. In this history series for the Virtual Yallourn website, various events in the life of the town and its industries have been chronicled. The monthly activities, shown in each year, are not necessarily the most momentous occasions but simply attempt to show the many varied and interesting happenings that made the local (and sometimes national) news in that era. The walk down ‘Memory Lane’ (not to be confused with Meadow Lane which ran off Latrobe Avenue) begins in the year of 1925 when the plans for the Yallourn Project were well underway and the ‘garden town’ of Yallourn was creating interest far and wide. 1931 JANUARY: Enrolments for the Herald’s ‘Free Learn to Swim’ campaign commenced across Victoria on January 17th 1931. Mr McNeil of the West Camp at Yallourn was the designated contact person for those interested in joining the program, which included daily lessons. Mr McNeil was the Honorary Secretary of the Yallourn Swimming Club at that time. FEBRUARY: According to the Melbourne ‘Age’, a branch of the Housewives’ Association was formed at Yallourn sometime in February 1931. The inaugural office bearers were:- President: Mrs. Bennett, Vice-presidents: Mesdames Meens and Lucas, Hon. Treasurer: Mrs. Morton; and Mrs. A. Wilson was listed as the Secretary. One the of major issues of the ‘Association’, at that time, was the high cost of school text books. To continue reading this article, please click on the pdf link below. pdf document 1931 Year by Year_0.pdf Recent comments 1 week 2 days ago by Geoff Harvey Admin please disregard my comments re 56 Fairfield Ave and the Harvey family. Read more 1 week 2 days ago by Geoff Harvey A few errors in the tenancies. The Harvey family shown 1963-1976 links to Colin and Annette who resided in 40 Church Street. Ralph and Barbra Harvey were in residence 1958 - 1963 , then moving to 4 Erica Street 1963 to 1974. Read more 2 months 4 weeks ago by Julie George Helen Jenkins - my mother, Jean Jenkins, was an enthusiastic member of both the Little Theatre and Play Reading Group. My father, George Jenkins, was a teacher at the Technical School. Part of his job was teaching English to migrants two evenings a week… Read more 1 year ago by Susanne Berg Front Row: Anne Gray, Annette Goddard, Barbara New, Heather Grimes, Dianne Hall 2nd Row: Elizabeth Rogowski, Kathy Cooper, Robyn Holden , Urszula Horbacz, Kaye Lennon, Miss Marsh 3rd Row: Merlene Wilkinson, Rosemary Connors, Barbara Gibson, Christina Zehethofer,… Read more 1 year 1 month ago by Julie George YNPS - 1965 Grades 1 & 2 Back Row: ? , Anne Smith, Sue Cairns, Leanne Lawry, Jenny Fyfe, Gary Suckling, Graeme Renwick 2nd Back Row: Michelle Kelly, Kaye McInnes, Marjorie Oakley, Nada Marinkovic, ? , ? , Jane Murray, Karen Cook, Gail O'Donnell 2nd Row: Teddy Simic,… Read more User account menu Log in ‌ ‌ ‌