Key information
- Address:
- Austin Street, Hawkesdale 3287
- Opened:
- 1 October 1866
- Closed:
- 31 December 1993
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 766
- Other names:
- Hawkesdale Common School, Hawkesdale 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 Hawkesdale Primary School
1866
Hawkesdale opened as a common school in 1866.
The schoolhouse was a one-room bluestone building.
The first head teacher was Margaret Woodlock who taught around 30 students.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1926
A new larger schoolhouse and teacher's house was built. The old school building was converted into a shelter shed.
1931
The bluestone shelter shed had become unsafe and was demolished.
1934
The school's head teacher organised for a group of 14 local schools to come together to play sport.
1941
The number of students enrolled had grown and the school was not big enough.
The supper hall of a local church was used as another classroom.
1956
Student numbers were increasing and a much bigger school on a new site in Austin St was built. This was because farming land had been given to soldiers who had fought in the second World War and more families were moving into the area.
1970
The number of students enrolled at the school in 1970 was 220. There were seven staff.
The school was renamed Hawkesdale Primary School.
1993
Hawkesdale Primary School closed in 1993 when it combined with Hawkesdale Secondary College (No. 7895) to form Hawkesdale P-12 College (5434).
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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