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History of the Monash Gippsland Campus

Researcher: Meredith Fletcher
Director, Centre for Gippsland Studies

Yallourn Technical School (Photos)

Yallourn General Superintendent, R.D.Dixon

Yallorn General Superintendent, R.D. Dixon, who was also president of the school council, laying the foundation stone for the new school, December 1935.
(photo courtesy of Colin Harvey)

Official opening, May 1936

At the official opening, May 1936.
(photo courtesy of Colin Harvey)

View of building

An early view of the handsome modern style building.
(photo courtesy Colin Harvey)

Town of Yallourn, circa 1940s

As the school flourished, so did the SEC's town of Yallorn. Neat gardens, orange tiled roofs, and shady street trees were features of the town. (Three Decades, 1948)

 

Students in the chemistry classroom.
(photo courtesy Colin Harvey)

 

See also: History of Monash University website.