Key information
- Address:
- Scarsdale 3351
- Opened:
- 1 January 1862
- Closed:
- 31 December 1926
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 606
- Other names:
- Staffordshire Reef Common School
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 Staffordshire Reef State School
1862
Staffordshire Reef opened as a common school in 1862.
The first head teacher was Thomas Jamieson.
The Staffordshire Reef township got its name from 3 miners who came from Staffordshire in England and who found a reef of gold there.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1926
Staffordshire Reef State School closed in 1926.
The last teacher was Miss O. Guy.
The timber schoolhouse was moved to the school at Mount Bute. It later burnt down in the 1944 bushfires.
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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