Key information
- Address:
- Garvoc, 3265
- Opened:
- 3 January 1870
- Closed:
- 31 December 1993
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 996
- Other names:
- Garvoc Common School, Garvoc State School
The history of Garvoc Primary School
1870
The Board of Education and a local committee raised funds in 1870 to build Garvoc, a common school.
The same group built a school at Keilambete. The first head teacher at Garvoc was M Kelly.
1927
Around 1927 a new two-room weatherboard school was built on the site.
1983
The school was burnt down on Ash Wednesday. It was subsequently rebuilt.
1993
The school closed.
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Oldest inspection record
This inspector report is dated 1952 to 1966. It is the oldest review of school performance that PROV has for this school.
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