Key information
- Address:
- 3 Hallowells Road, Cudgee 3265
- Opened:
- 16 June 1862
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 105
- Other names:
- Brucknell Creek School, Cudgee State School
- Email:
- cudgee.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5567 6346
- Status:
- Open
Where this school’s records are kept
Digital records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Permanent hard copy records (such as enrolment registers, class photographs, yearbooks and school council papers) are held in the Department of Education’s archive.
To request access, contact the department’s records team.
Long-term temporary hard copy records (such as student health and wellbeing files and staff personnel files) are kept at the school.
To request access, contact the school directly.
Contact the Department of Education records team
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 359 140
The history of Cudgee Primary School
1862
The school opened as a church school in 1862. It was called Brucknell Creek when it opened.
The head teacher was David Burston.
There was a schoolhouse with a house for the teacher attached to it.
1864
Richard Butler became the head teacher. He remained the head teacher for 23 years.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
The head teacher Richard Butler was assisted by his wife, Elizabeth, who was the work mistress.
Three of his children worked at pupil teachers. Butler also opened a night school.
1880s
Around this time, the railway line was built through the school grounds.
1891
A new school was built on a new site away from the railway line. The number of students going to school was 90.
1910
Extra rooms were added to the school.
1927
A house was built for the teacher.
1964
More rooms were added to the school.
1970
The school was renamed Cudgee Primary School. The number of students enrolled was 58.
2022
Cudgee Primary School is still in operation.
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