Key information
- Address:
- Clyde North 3978
- Opened:
- 1 November 1858
- Closed:
- 12 December 1992
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 118
- Other names:
- Cranbourne National School, Cranbourne Common School, Cranbourne State School, Clyde State School, Clyde North State School
How to find enrolment and other school records
If the school is open: contact the school directly to access your 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 Clyde North Primary School
1850s
In 1856, a request to build the school, made to the National Board of Education, was unsuccessful.
Residents built the school themselves and appointed John Falla Dumaresq to teach.
From the 1850s to the 1960s head teachers included:
- J.F. Dumaresq (1858-71)
- J.A. Noble (1871-78)
- Thomas A. Twyford (1879-1915)
- V.E. Peters (1919-23)
- T.R. Cantwell (1923-28)
- T. Duke (1937-52)
- J.L. O'Shea (1966-68)
Early work mistresses included:
- Mrs Dumaresq (1858 onwards)
- Rhoda Noble (1871-74)
- Julia A. Allen (1875-80)
- Annie E. Twyford (1881-2)
- Florence Twyford (1883-86)
1870s
A second application to the board was a success.
The original lath and plaster school building were replaced by a brick building in 1878.
The name of the school changed several times during this time.
It was first called Cranbourne after the parish it was located in, but the locals knew it as ‘the school at Clyde'.
When a school opened 6 km from the township of Cranbourne, the name changed to Clyde State School.
The school's name changed to Clyde North State School when Clyde Primary School (No. 3664) opened.
1970
The name of the school changed to Clyde North Primary School in 1970.
1992
The school closed in 1992.
Find more information about this school
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Oldest inspection record
This inspector report is dated 1953 to 1983. It is the oldest review of school performance that PROV has for this school.
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