Key information
- Address:
- 35 Lang Street, Beeac 3251
- Opened:
- 1 July 1863
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 482
- Other names:
- Beeac Common School, Beeac State School
- Email:
- beeac.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5234 6463
- Status:
- Open
Location of records
Digital records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Hard copy records created before records became digital are stored in the Department of Education’s archive. To request access, contact the records team.
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Contact the Department of Education records team
Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 359 140
The history of Beeac Primary School
1862
Beeac opened as a common school in 1862. It replaced a school opened by the Methodist Church in 1862. The first head teacher was T.C. Camm. Classes were held in a stone building which later became a church.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1922
A new brick building was built in Lang St, Beeac.
1923
The new building opened in 1923. Wood fires warmed the classroooms in winter.
The head teacher at the time lived in the teacher's house on Main Street.
1970
There were 77 students enrolled in 1970. The school was renamed Beeac Primary School.
2022
Beeac Primary School is still in operation.
Find more information about this school
The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the archive of Victoria's State and local government. They look after some of our oldest school records, and we can use these records to help us understand what school life used to be like.
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