Key information
- Address:
- Graytown 3608
- Opened:
- 1 July 1869
- Closed:
- 31 December 1910
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 1005
- Other names:
- Graytown Common 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 Graytown State School
1869
Graytown opened as a common school in 1869. It was located in a prosperous goldfield settlement.
1870
By 1870 school attendance reached 100.
1877
By 1877 the school was being held in a room at the local hotel.
1878
The school building, first proposed in 1869, was built in 1878.
The head teacher at the time was John Hamilton.
1887
In 1887 vandals damages school building with bullets.
1894
By 1894 attendance had fallen below 20.
1903
In 1903 the attendance fell to 10.
1906
A storm damaged the building in 1906.
1910
The school closed in 1910.
Find more information about this school
The Public Record Office Victoria (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.
PROV currently only have paper records for this school.
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