Key information
- Address:
- 42 Gray Street, Hamiliton 3300
- Opened:
- 21 June 1852
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 295
- Other names:
- Hamilton National School, Hamilton Common School, Hamilton State School
- Email:
- hamilton.ps.gray@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5571 9295
- Status:
- Open
Location of enrolment records
Digital records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Permanent hard copy records (such as enrolment registers, class photographs, yearbooks and school council papers) are held in the Department of Education’s archive.
To request access, contact the department’s records team.
Long-term temporary hard copy records (such as student health and wellbeing files and staff personnel files) are kept at the school.
To request access, contact the school directly.
Contact the Department of Education records team
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 359 140
The history of Hamilton (Gray Street) Primary School
1852
Hamilton opened as national school in 1852.
1866
Hamiliton became a common school in 1866. The head teacher was C.H. Phillips
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878. A local church school closed and the students moved to Hamilton State School. The number of students was increasing. A new school building opened in 1876.
1904
A building from Tahara Bridge State School (No. 2451) was moved to Hamilton to use as a classroom.
1966
The old slate roof was replaced with cement tiles.
1970
The school was renamed Hamilton Primary School in 1970.
2022
Hamilton (Gray St) Primary School is still in operation.
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