Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Archive - St. Albans Tin Shed
... centre.
From the 1950s onward, the Tin Shed hosted an extraordinary range of activities, including:
Judo (including the long‑running St Albans Judo Club)
Table tennis
Marching girls
Gymnasium and fitness classes
Scouts and Guides
Drama and concerts
Boat‑building and woodwork
Preschool and playgroups
Tai Chi, yoga, and lifelong learning programs
Police Youth Club
Country Women’s Association
Food relief and community support services (more recent decades)
This diversity made the Tin Shed one of the most important social anchors for newly arrived migrant families....centre.
From the 1950s onward, the Tin Shed hosted an extraordinary range of activities, including:
Judo (including the long‑running St Albans Judo Club)
Table tennis
Marching girls
Gymnasium and fitness classes
Scouts and Guides
Drama and concerts
Boat‑building and woodwork
Preschool and playgroups
Tai Chi, yoga, and lifelong learning programs
Police Youth Club
Country Women’s Association
Food relief and community support services (more recent decades)
This diversity made the Tin Shed one of the most important social anchors for newly arrived migrant families. ...
The St Albans Community Youth Club began in the early 1950s, operating out of a small tin shed on Main Road East.
This was during the explosive post‑war population boom, when St Albans lacked basic services such as sports clubs, libraries, and youth facilities.
As membership grew, the original shed was replaced with a recycled Quonset Army Hut, a curved steel structure typical of post‑war surplus buildings. The hut was adapted by volunteers and became the heart of the centre.
From the 1950s onward, the Tin Shed hosted an extraordinary range of activities, including:
Judo (including the long‑running St Albans Judo Club)
Table tennis
Marching girls
Gymnasium and fitness classes
Scouts and Guides
Drama and concerts
Boat‑building and woodwork
Preschool and playgroups
Tai Chi, yoga, and lifelong learning programs
Police Youth Club
Country Women’s Association
Food relief and community support services (more recent decades)
This diversity made the Tin Shed one of the most important social anchors for newly arrived migrant families.The St Albans “Tin Shed” is one of the most important community-built institutions in Melbourne’s west, a post‑war, migrant‑era youth hub that grew from a tiny, corrugated shed into a major social centre.Only the 1st twenty photographs have been uploaded to Victorian Collections
5881.001 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Drama StCYC 1992.jpg
5881.002 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Edna Cooper and Lorna Cameron.jpg
5881.003 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Edna Cooper StACYC 1980's.jpg
5881.004 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Elfie and Lorna at the 50th Anniversary.jpg
5881.005 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Ellie, Lorna and Kon 2005.jpg
5881.006 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Floor plan.jpg
5881.007 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Gathering 1994.jpg
5881.008 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Ingrid and Samantha selling home made jewellery.jpg
5881.009 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Jack Sheridan and Lorna Cameron 1994.jpg
5881.010 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Jean and Sylvia StACYC 1992.jpg
5881.011 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Jenny watering at the Youth Club 1993.jpg
5881.012 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Karla Montalvo.jpg
5881.013 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Kerry, Elfie, Angela, Lorna Marilyn, Jennifer and Edna.jpg
5881.014 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Kim and Mal, Sunshine Council 1994.jpg
5881.015 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Les Cameron.jpg
5881.016 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna and Nick Szwed 2005.jpg
5881.017 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna at the Tin Shed.jpg
5881.018 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna Cameron and Edna Cooper August 1994.jpg
5881.019 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna Cameron and John Ribarow.jpg
5881.020 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna Cameron and Thea Dukic.jpg
5881.021 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna Cameron with her Renault 1970's.jpg
5881.022 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Lorna presented with certificate.jpg
5881.023 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Mary and Vicki.jpg
5881.024 - St. Albans Tin Shed - May 1993.jpg
5881.025 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Mosaic dedication 1994 1.jpg
5881.026 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Mosaic dedication 1994 2.jpg
5881.027 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Mural damaged 1.jpg
5881.028 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Mural damaged 2.jpg
5881.029 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Play group 1994.jpg
5881.030 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Play Group.jpg
5881.031 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Ray and Ken 1994.jpg
5881.032 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Ray, Helen and Willy. Mosaic 1994.jpg
5881.033 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Remembering Lorna.jpg
5881.034 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Return of the ring.jpg
5881.035 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Roy Cameron book launch 2025.jpg
5881.036 - St. Albans Tin Shed - StACYC drama 1992.jpg
5881.037 - St. Albans Tin Shed - StCYC mosaic 1994.jpg
5881.038 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Steve Thorpe, Lorna Cameron and Ruth Frede 1994.jpg
5881.039 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Sunshine Council workers 1994 Photo 01.jpg
5881.040 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Sunshine Council workers 1994 Photo 02.jpg
5881.041 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 01.jpg
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5881.058 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 18.jpg
5881.059 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Anniversary cake Photo 19.jpg
5881.060 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 60.jpg
5881.061 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 61.jpg
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5881.063 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 33.jpg
5881.064 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 64.jpg
5881.065 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 65.jpg
5881.066 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Judo Photo 66.jpg
5881.067 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 67.jpg
5881.068 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 68.jpg
5881.069 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 69.jpg
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5881.094 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 94.jpg
5881.095 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 95.jpg
5881.096 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed Photo 96.jpg
5881.097 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed cheers 50 years of goodwill.jpg
5881.098 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tin Shed still place to be.jpg
5881.099 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tonnes of tons 2010.jpg
5881.100 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Val, Shea, Ken Steve and Louise 1994.jpg
5881.101 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Volunteers Required The Advocate 16 November 1999.jpg
5881.102 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Weekly time table.jpg
5881.103 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Bill Shorten at the Tin Shed.jpg
5881.104 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Book dream lives.jpg
5881.105 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Errington Reserve 1994.jpg
5881.106 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Errington Reserve sculpture 1.jpg
5881.107 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Errington Reserve sculpture 2.jpg
5881.108 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Facelift for an old tin shed.jpg
5881.109 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Fifty years on, the Tin Shed stands tall.jpg
5881.110 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Gravesite of Alice Errington, Footscray.jpg
5881.111 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Joe Ribarow and Lorna 2005.jpg
5881.112 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Judo 1994.jpg
5881.113 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Judo at the Tin Shed.jpg
5881.114 - St. Albans Tin Shed - Tom Rigg.jpgst. albans tin shed, main road east, st. albans, st. albans community youth club