Yallourn Tribute-The time of our lives.mp4
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Uploaded by joeuston on Sep 9, 2010
This is my tribute to the town Yallourn which was in Victoria (Aust) A beautiful town that no longer exists. It was destroyed in the so-called name of progress.Now all that remains is a power station bearing the towns name and a huge hole in the ground where the town once was.Most of the photo's used in this tribute were taken by Stephen and Alan Cox .I thank them for being able to use them.The town was virtually gone by the early to mid 80's.You can see more photos and stories about Yallourn on Facebook (Yallourn Township) Regards Jo
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As it was an SEC town all maintenance within the town was undertaken by the SEC. This cost of this must have been enormous and I've heard this is the REAL REASON the town was gradually dismantled and eventually destroyed. It was a beautiful town. Even though I lived in Morwell, my schooling was done at both the Yallourn High and Tech Schools. I barracked for Yallourn, who were quite powerful then (I absolutely hated Morwell) and played in the Yallourn Colts football team. Great days!
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Great mmemories.
The opening shot looked like our corner shop in Chrurch Street.
Also good to see all the other shots of tghe town.
Cheers David.
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I was born in Moe in '92 but my dad has great stories about Yallourn.
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Nicely done... some of the photos look familiar, Alan :)
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what happened to yallourn?
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Yallourn was dug up for brown coal about 25 years ago. The whole town was owned by the Vic torian Electricity Commission. Many believe the real reason was not to do with coal as they hardly used any the coal that was beneath the town.It was heartbreaking to see the town destroyed and there is still alot of anger and bitterness about its destruction. You can see more pics and stories about Yallourn on Facebook. (Yallourn Township site)
joeuston 1 year ago