A selection of images from the book “Glimpses Of Our Past”
Published by Morwell Historical Society in 1989 ~ available for sale in our Bookshop
![Australian Paper Manufacturers built a number of houses in Morwell for mill workers
A.P.M. houses under construction, looking up Vincent Road, November 1947](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/APM-vincent-road-1947-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
Australian Paper Manufacturers built a number of houses in Morwell for mill workers.
A.P.M. houses under construction, looking up Vincent Road, November 1947
![A.P.M. houses under construction, looking down Booth Street, 1947](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/APM-booth-street-1947-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
A.P.M. houses under construction, looking down Booth Street, 1947
![A.P.M. transit cottages, Derham’s Hill, late 1940s. These cottages provided temporary accommodation for APM workers and their families during the post-war housing shortage](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/APM-derhams-hill-late-1940s-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
A.P.M. transit cottages, Derham’s Hill, late 1940s. These cottages provided temporary accommodation for APM workers and their families during the post-war housing shortage
![Princes Highway, looking east from near the site of the present Post Office, 1940s. An interesting feature is the lack of houses on the hill in the background](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/princes-highway-morwell-1040s-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
Princes Highway, looking east from near the site of the present Post Office, 1940s.
An interesting feature is the lack of houses on the hill in the background
![Princes Highway, looking west from the railway crossing and near Church Street, 1940s. Gude’s, Trembath’s and Henderson’s garages on the right](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/princes-highway-morwell-railway-church-street-garages-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
Princes Highway, looking west from the railway crossing and near Church Street, 1940s. Gude’s, Trembath’s and Henderson’s garages on the right.
![Eastern end of Commercial Road, 1940s, from the railway level crossing at Church Street.](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/commercial-road-morwell-1940s-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
Eastern end of Commercial Road, 1940s, from the railway level crossing at Church Street.
![Station Street 1915 Now Princes Highway Morwell showing railway buildings](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/station-street-morwell-railway-building-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
Station Street 1915 Now Princes Highway Morwell showing railway buildings.
![Morwell Railway Station in the early days](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/morwell-railway-station-in-the-early-days-glimpses-of-our-past-jpg.webp)
Morwell Railway Station in the early days.
![](https://morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/aerial-map-of-morwell-1950-glimpses-of-our-past.jpg)
Aerial map of Morwell 1950