"Glimpses of our Past"
Images from the book "Glimpses Of Our Past"
Published by Morwell Historical Society in 1989 - available for sale (here)
Australian Paper Manufacturers built a number of houses in
Morwell for mill workers |
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 |
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 |
Eastern end of Commercial Road, 1940s, from the railway level crossing at Church Street |
Station Street 1915 Now Princes Highway Morwell showing railway buildings |
Morwell Railway Station in the early days |
Aerial map of Morwell 1950 |