Key information
- Address:
- The You Yangs, Little River, 3211
- Opened:
- 1 January 1865
- Closed:
- 31 December 1912
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 760
- Other names:
- Wurdi You Yangs School, Wurdi You Yangs Common School
The history of Wurdi You Yangs State School
1865
Wurdi You Yangs opened as a common school in 1865.
The first head teacher was Octavious A. Field.
There were 39 students at the school when it opened.
The timber schoolhouse had a house attached for the teacher to live in. This house had 5 rooms.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1912
Wurdi You Yangs State School closed in 1912.
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