U3A LOCAL HISTORY: MYRTLEFORD—THE PAST & US 2 (2018)

This is the outline for the next course to be offered by John Taylor, beginning 30 August and continuing for 4 sessions.

Week 1: Return to the 1930s—A Decade of Change

–Electric Light & Reticulated Water

–Recreation & Entertainment

–Major Building Projects

–New Crops of the Future

–Rabbits, Frosts & Fires

Week 2: World War 2

–Myrtleford & District Responds: Enlistments, Life on the Home Front

–Essential Local Industries

–Prisoners of War, Internment of “Enemy Aliens”.

Week 3: Forging A New Way Forward—1946 to 1960

–Major Development & Events of the Post-War Period

–The Impact of Immigration

Week 4: Reflection

–Stories from the Pioneer Cemetery (Excursion)