Key information
- Address:
- 2 Church Street, Briagolong 3860
- Opened:
- 1 October 1871
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 1117
- Other names:
- Briagolong School, Briagolong Common School, Briagolong State School
- Email:
- briagolong.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5145 5260
- Status:
- Open
Location of records
Most records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Some historic records (such as enrolment registers, class photographs, yearbooks and school council papers) are also held in the Department of Education’s archive. To request access, contact the department’s records team.
Department of Education records team
- Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone: 1800 359 140
Some of the school’s records are also at PROV, see Public Record Office Victoria Briagolong School records.
The history of Briagolong Primary School
1871
Briagolong opened as a common school in 1871. It replaced Rural School No. 71, Briagolong. The first head teacher was William F. Parker, who previously taught at the rural school.
1873
The school became a state school in 1873.
Margaret Fitzgerald was the first teacher of the state school.
1915
A weatherboard classroom and sloyd room were added in 1915. Sloyd rooms were used for woodworking.
1921
100 students attended the school in 1921 and the sloyd room was used as a classroom.
1937
The school closed temporarily when a case of polio developed.
1966
The school's recorder band was successful at the Sale Eisteddfod in 1966.
1970
The school was renamed Briagolong Primary School in 1970.
2022
Briagolong Primary School is still in operation.
Find more information about this school
The Public Records Office (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.
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