Key information
- Address:
- Mount Lonarch, 3468
- Opened:
- 1 January 1850
- Closed:
- 31 December 1966
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 1109
- Other names:
- Mount Lonarch Common School
The history of Mount Lonarch State School
1850
Mount Lonarch opened sometime after 1850.
Classes were first held in a large shed built by the local community. This was later replaced by a schoolhouse.
There were 30 students taught by Miss Stanford.
1862
The school became a common school in 1862.
1870s
This school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1916
A new school was built in 1916.
1966
Mount Lonarch State school closed in 1966.
The last teacher at the school was W. J. MacCartney.
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