Key information
- Address:
- Warrenheip, 3352
- Opened:
- 8 February 1864
- Closed:
- 20 February 1894
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 713
- Other names:
- Leigh Creek Common School
The history of Leigh Creek State School
1864
Leigh Creek opened as a common school in 1864.
The first head teacher was Michael Cody.
Classes were held in a timber schoolhouse with a shingle roof.
The average number of students that went to the school in the first month was 44. In just 5 months, the number of students enrolled at the school had increased to 71.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1882
The average number of students going to school was between 25 and 39 in 1882.
1884
A new and slightly smaller wooden schoolhouse was built. The old schoolhouse was sold and moved elsewhere.
The head teachers house at Navigators State School (No. 1971) was moved to Leigh Creek for the head teacher to live in.
1894
Leigh Creek closed in 1894 because the average number of students going to school had fallen below 20.
The school buildings were sold and moved elsewhere.
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