soccer club in the state of Victoria. In June 1952, during the 1952 VFL season, a senior Victorian Football League (VFL) game between Footscray and St Kilda was played at Yallourn Oval, with St Kilda being victorious. The match was organised as part of an effort by the Australian National Football Council (ANFC) to promote the sport, and the other matches in the round were played in Albury, Brisbane, Euroa, Hobart, and Sydney (all non-standard venues). The match in Yallourn was affected by rain, but still drew a crowd estimated at 3,500 people. Notable residents Gaele Sobott, Author, who was born in Yallourn. Marjorie Thorpe: Aboriginal activist who was also born and raised in Yallourn. Pat Kennelly Victorian Labour Party Senator for Victoria from 1953 to 1971. Documentaries In 1974 the SEC made a living history documentary about Yallourn, Born to Die. In June 2008, the ABC Radio program Hindsight presented a two-hour radio documentary about the history of Yallourn, The Model Town and the Machine: A History of Yallourn. In Music The Weddings, Parties, Anything song Industrial town is about Yallourn. The band's frontman Mick Thomas was born in Yallourn and lived there as a child, where his father worked for the SEC. References External links Biography of a Yallourn House Yallourn Old Girls Association Virtual Yallourn Official Yallourn Yallourn North FC website Yallourn FC History Yallourn Yallourn North FC History 1933 - Yallourn FC & Sale FC team photos 1937 - Yallourn Blue FC & Warragul FC team photos 1939 - Yallourn Blue FC & Leongatha FC team photos 1951 - Yallourn FC team photo 1920s establishments in Australia Planned cities in Australia Company towns in Australia Resumed localities in Australia Green bans Towns in Victoria (Australia) City of Latrobe