Key information
- Address:
- 54 Victoria Street, Cobden 3266
- Opened:
- 1 July 1866
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 864
- Other names:
- Cobden Common School, Cobden State School
- Email:
- cobden.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5595 1087
- 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 Cobden Primary School
1866
Cobden opened as a common school in 1866. The head teacher was John Braithwaite. The schoolhouse was made of timber.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1884
A stone building was added to the timber schoolhouse.
1970
The school was renamed Cobden Primary School in 1970.
The number of students enrolled was about 250.
1981
Cobden Primary School building in 1981. Source: John T. Collins and the State Library of Victoria 2022
Cobden Primary School is still in operation.
Find more information about this school
The Public Records Office (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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