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Lindenow Primary School (No. 1120)

Learn about the history of Lindenow Primary School, one of Victoria's oldest public schools.

Key information

Address:
140 Henry Street, Lindenow 3865
Opened:
1 October 1871
School type:
Primary
School number:
1120
Other names:
Lindenow Flat Common School, Lindenow State School
Email:
lindenow.ps@education.vic.gov.au
Phone:
03 5157 1340
Status:
Open

Location of 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 Lindenow Primary School

  • 1870s

    Lindenow opened as a common school in 1871. The first head teacher was Walter Murray and the number of students that attended the school was approximately 22. The building made of hardwood palings with a shingle roof.

    The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.

    A new school building opened in 1874. The old school building was then used as the teacher's residence.

  • 1892

    The teacher's residence was removed in 1892.

  • 1914

    The school moved to a new building and site in 1914. It could accommodate 120 students.

  • 1970

    The school was renamed Lindenow Primary School in 1970.

  • 2009

    Lindenow Primary School No. 1120 and Woodglen Primary School No. 3352 merged as Lindenow Primary School No. 1120.

  • 2022

    Lindenow 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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