Key information
- Address:
- 101 Pleasant Street North, Lake Wendouree 3350
- Opened:
- 15 February 1858
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 695
- Other names:
- St Peter's, Yuille's Swamp School, Yuille's Swamp, South Ballarat, Sturt St, Ballarat Pleasant Street State School
- Email:
- pleasant.ps.ballarat@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5332 2598
How to find enrolment and other school records
If the school is open: contact the school directly to access 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 Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)
1858
The school was opened by the Church of England in 1858. It was called St Peter's, Yuille Swamp school when it opened. The first head teacher was Catherine Williams and 32 children were enrolled.
1861
A school building was built in 1861 on Pleasant Street.
1862
The school became a common school in 1862.
1874
The school became a state school in 1874. Thomas Holding was head teacher at the time.
1878
Land from the neighbouring reserve was purchased in 1878 and added to the school grounds.
1890s
Alfredton State School (No. 1091) became an adjunct of Pleasant Street in the 1890s.
1915
A swimming pool opened in 1915 and the students were taught to swim. The school became a higher elementary school in 1915. It was one of the first in Victoria. This meant that secondary classes for older students were added, like secondary schools today.
1919
The school building was used as an ‘Auxiliary Hospital because of the pneumonic influenza outbreak'. Classes were held in various other places during this time.
1939
Pleasant Street was a Central School in up until 1939. This meant it held classes for the first two years of the secondary classes. The exact year it became a central school is unknown.
1940
160 students from Ballarat High School (No. 7540) used rooms in the school from 1940. It was known as ‘the branch'.
1950s to 1960s
Ballarat High School stopped using the school for classes in 1953. A special school took over using the branch's rooms until 1963. Multiple renovations were completed between 1957 and 1969. The school commemorated its 100th anniversary in 1958.
1970
The school was renamed Pleasant Street Primary School in 1970.
2022
Pleasant Street Primary School is still in operation.
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