Key information
- Address:
- 1 Dicker Street, Gordon 3345
- Opened:
- 1 January 1864
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 755
- Other names:
- Gordon Common School, Gordon State School
- Email:
- gordon.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5368 9223
- Status:
- Open
Location of records
Digital records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Hard copy records created before records became digital are stored in the Department of Education’s archive. To request access, contact the records team.
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Contact the Department of Education records team
Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 359 140
Some older records for this school are held at the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV).
The history of Gordon Primary School
1864
Gordon opened as a common school in 1864.
1873
Gordon became a state school in 1873. The first head teacher was William H. Dicker.
When the number of students at the school began to grow, a larger timber building with a shingle roof was built.
1883
A new brick schoolhouse was built in 1883. The number of students enrolled was now 500. The Mechanics Institute had to be used as an extra classroom.
1970
The school was renamed Gordon Primary School in 1970.
Gordon Primary School in 1970. Source: Laurie Burchell and the State Library of Victoria 2022
Gordon 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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