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Mount Cameron State School (No. 1101)

Learn about the history of Mount Cameron State School, one of Victoria's oldest public schools.

Key information

Address:
Mount Cameron 3370
Opened:
1 January 1869
Closed:
1 October 1900
School type:
Primary
School number:
1101
Other names:
Mount Cameron Common School

How to find enrolment and other school records

If the school is open: contact the school directly to access your records.

If the school has closed: contact the Archives and Records branch via email archives.records@education.vic.gov.au or 1800 359 140 and they will assist you.

The history of Mount Cameron State School

  • 1869

    Mount Cameron opened as a common school in 1869 for the children of local farmers. The first head teacher was Joseph Wilson.

    Classes were held in a wooden schoolhouse with a zinc roof.

  • 1870

    The schoolhouse was destroyed in a storm in 1870 when the head teacher was Dugald McPhee. It was replaced with a larger schoolhouse that was lined with pine and had a galvanised iron roof.

  • 1871

    The average number of students going to school was 30.

  • 1872

    A house was built for the head teacher. It had 2 rooms and another 2 rooms were added later.

  • 1873

    The school became a state school in 1873.

  • 1877

    Annie Ferris became the head teacher in 1877.

  • 1883

    The number of students enrolled at the school had fallen to 23.

  • 1888

    Because student numbers were low, the school became part time. Mount Cameron shared the teacher with Red Lion State School (No.850). The teacher taught across both schools but chose to live at Red Lion School.

    The teacher's house at Mount Cameron became run down. There were 15 students who attended both schools.

  • 1900

    Mount Cameron State School closed in 1900 because there were not enough students.

Find more information about this school

The Public Record Office Victoria (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.

PROV currently only have paper records for this school.

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