Braybrook Primary School (No. 1102)

School listing from the Victorian Government Schools Directory.

Key information

Address:
Ballarat Road, Braybrook 3019
Opened:
1 January 1873
Closed:
31 December 2008
School type:
Primary
School number:
1102
Other names:
Braybrook State School
Status:
Closed

Details

Merger in 2009: Hertford Road Sunshine Primary School No. 5526 (now known as Sunshine Harvester Primary School) formed from a merger of the following schools:

Location of records

A fire at the Braybrook Primary following its closure is thought to have destroyed most of this school's records.

Surviving records were transferred to Sunshine East Primary School, later renamed Sunshine Harvester Primary School, where severe mould damage resulted in further loss of records.

A small number of records remain. For access to these records, contact Sunshine Harvester Primary School directly.

Some of the school's administrative records are also at the Public Record Office Victoria, see Public Record Office Victoria Braybrook School records.

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The history of Braybrook Primary School

  • 1873

    Braybrook opened as a state school in 1873. It replaced the nearby Albion Church of England School (No. 6).

    An average number of 59 children regularly attended the school.

    The bluestone schoolhouse had 2 rooms, a shingle roof and an earth floor.

    The first head teacher was Warren White. His staff were work mistress Jessie A. White, and pupil teacher Lionel A Soloman.

  • 1874

    A four-room house with verandah was built for the head teacher.

  • 1879

    The size of the schoolhouse was increased to fit 40 more children.

  • 1925

    The original bluestone schoolhouse was replaced by a new brick building.

  • 1946

    A new wooden building was added to accommodate the growing number of students.

  • 1950

    Parts of this wooden building were damaged in a fire and it was repaired.

  • 1960

    There were now 811 students enrolled at the school.

  • 1970

    The school was renamed Braybrook Primary School in 1970.

    The number of student enrolled had dropped to 480.

  • 2008

    The Braybrook Primary School closed in 2008 when it became a campus of Sunshine Harvester Primary School (No. 5526).

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