A life well played

Vale David Aumann 1950 -2025

A life well played.

1950 - August 2025

DAVID AUMANN grew up on an orchard and attended school in Templestowe before graduating from La Trobe University as a high school teacher.

 He moved to Won Wron as a first-year teacher, where he taught maths and chemistry at Yarram Secondary College for nearly 30 years, and served in the CFA as a volunteer firefighter. In 2002, David and Dianne moved to Heathmont, where David taught at Box Hill Senior Secondary College until his retirement.
David was a keen fisherman, golfer, cyclist, baseballer, concertina restorer, and horticulturalist where he worked to identify and preserve hundreds of heritage fruit tree varieties; but above all else, music was David’s life.

A man of many talents, David was a self-taught and talented luthier and the guitars, mandolins and ukuleles he crafted are treasured by musicians across Australia.

He was also a passionate musician, with eclectic taste spanning Gilbert & Sullivan, Australian bush music, Irish folk, jazz, a cappella, and bluegrass.

He was a key member of numerous bands including Ragwort, Thistle and Other Noxious Weeds, Harmaniacs, Looking for Treble, Fat Chance, Faux Grass, the Mississippi Movers and NQR.

He was also a keen performer in Gilbert & Sullivan stage shows and the Yarram Eisteddfod, as well as an organiser/participant to numerous folk clubs and festivals.

David is survived by his wife Dianne and their children Kylee and Carla and their families

 Instead, there will be a celebration of his life in the coming weeks, with music and memories.

Vale David — a life well played