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| 1 | 1946 | - 1946—1951: Thomas was offered a job as foreman with the Portland Butter factory in 1946 and later became Assistant Manager and stayed till January 1951.
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| 2 | 1949 | - 31 Oct 1949: Birth of Barry James
Thomas & Theresa welcomed the birth on another boy- Barry James.
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| 3 | 1950 | - 1950: Thomas & Theresa moved to Alexandra for 9 months - Work promotion.
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| 4 | 1951 | - 1951—1952: Work promotion again, Thomas & Theresa in 1951 moved to Yea where he worked as a Factory Foreman, staying in Yea till 1952.
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| 5 | 1952 | - 1952—1955: Stawell
The Hallam family then moved to Stawell in 1952 because of a work promotion with Thomas working at the Stawell Butter factory as Manager till November 1955.
Whilst at Stawell Thomas served on the Stawell Council
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| 6 | 1954 | - 1954: Birth of Elizabeth
Elizabeth their fourth child was born in Stawell in 1954.
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| 7 | 1955 | - 1955—1960: Thomas & Theresa left Stawell and with Dad continuing to better himself and was successful to a position at the Department of Agriculture in Melbourne October 1955.
Thomas and Theresa built a new home at 17 Hartington st Glenroy moving in 1956.
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| 8 | 1957 | - 1 Feb 1957: Birth of Hallam Triplets
On the 01.02.957, Thomas and Theresa had a surprise as did the other 4 siblings with the birth of triplets, Joseph, Gerard and David born 5 weeks premature. Thomas and Theresa had 7 children under 11 years.
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| 9 | 1960 | - 1960: Thomas left the Department of Agriculture in 1960 and joined Western District Co-op as Assistant Manager and later became Manager of Western Star Butter Factory in 1967, located in West Melbourne. Thomas enjoyed his job as assistant then Manager of Western Star Butter factory. Later the factory expanded as it amalgamated with other Dairy Corporations within Victoria and was later known as ACMAL- Amalgamated Corporate Marketers Australia Limited.
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| 10 | 1974 | - Feb 1974: Thomas and Theresa move and purchase 27 Kevin Ave Blackburn North where they lived the most years in this location.
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