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History of the Monash Gippsland Campus

Researcher: Meredith Fletcher
Director, Centre for Gippsland Studies

The Development of the Latrobe Valley (Photos)

Yallourn memorial

The memorial built in the town of Yallourn for founding SEC Chairman, Sir John Monash, who died in 1931 .

Yallourn Power Station end of shift

Workers streaming from the Yallourn Power Station after the end of shift, circa 1920s.

Lining up for pay

Men lining up for their pay at the administration building during Yallourn's early days. The power station is in the background.

Loy Yang Power Station

The gigantic Loy Yang Power Station, south of Traralgon, completed in the mid 1980s.

Morwell Open Cut and Hazelwood Power Station

After the Second World War the SEC expanded its operations to develop the Morwell Open Cut and build the Hazelwood Power Station.

Yallourn Open Cut circa 1920s

The Yallourn Open Cut in the 1920s.

 

See also: History of Monash University website.