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Yallourn,
Victoria
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Muriel Boyd
William
Miller Boyd
Marriage
1950 UK
Immigration,
1951
Yallourn, Vic
Galston
Fremantle
Perth
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Bill.
Muriel
& Susan
arrive in Australia in July, 1951 |
Muriel:
"Arrived in Australia, Melbourne. Got bus to Yallourn via
(83 miles). About quarter of the way an outer part of
Melbourne the driver asked if anyone wanted to go to toilet.
They were dry and disgusting with lots of flies. Gathering of
wooden houses off the road and way back while looking for place.
5 miles up road township had brick places. We were taken for a
meal and they said "we'll take you to your house". So were taken
5 miles back to the wooden houses,! "OK Mrs ... this is
your house". Muriel said, "Forget it" He just unloaded the
luggage and gave her the key. No floor coverings, camp beds and
camp chairs and a dry toilet outside. Maybe an ice box. as
bought own furniture took other stuff off us. No heating. It was
very cold inside and the draft came up through the floor boards.
We bought lino for the floor and some other stuff too - 'on the
knocker' ".
Recession:
About 6 months into the contact the government went into
economic recession and everything was shut
down. That recession hit just 6 weeks after
we arrived so it would have been about the
beginning of August 1951. We were asked to leave
and get out of 2 yr contract. We (Bill & Muriel) did not move because no money for
fare to go anywhere and not paid for furniture. They stayed
because the job was secure even if not much money. About 3
out of 4 places were closed down (power station).
Muriel bought the Womens Weekly and read about the Kwinana
Refinery and needle workers in WA. They had already liked Perth
because of the palm trees they had seen when coming over on the
ship. went on train 3 days Bill went 1st on the 3 day train trip
and Muriel stayed to pack up. She stayed with Pauline back
end of 1953.
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Information:
Newborough and Yallourn North are small centres just to the
north of three of Latrobe City’s major centres, Moe, Morwell and
Traralgon. The city which covers 1450 sq km was created in 1994
with the amalgamation of Moe, Morwell and Traralgon cities and
parts of the Rosedale and Narracan shires. The new city is, in
fact, the centralised Latrobe Valley powerhouse which drives
Victoria’s manufacturing and export industries. The valley
satisfies 85 per cent of the state’s overall, electricity needs
and the Latrobe power base directly creates 4000 jobs and
generates $16 billion worth of domestic and export income.
Despite all the industrial connections, the city is just 20
minutes from the mountains, national parks and streams laden
with trout spoiling for a joust with an angler. And this
geographically and culturally diverse region, in which the
Dutch, Italian, German and Maltese are the largest ethnic
groups, is just 150km, or one and a half hour, from Melbourne. |
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Click on the link below to see images from Yallourn in 1951.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11386681
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Below:
1951 / 1952
Click on the thumbnail to see an
enlargement |
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Below:
1952 -Gladys
(aged 8),
Bill
(at the back),
front - Gladys Boyd,
Millie Parkinson,
Muriel Boyd,
Bob Parkinson |
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Below:
1952 - "Me (Muriel) outside the house.
The thin door you can
see is the fly screen door. These are also over the windows. |
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