Key information
- Address:
- 49-79 Edgecombe Street, Kyneton 3444
- Opened:
- 24 March 1856
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 343
- Other names:
- Kyneton National School, Kyneton Common School, Kyneton State School
- Email:
- kyneton.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5422 1855
- Status:
- Open
Location of records
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 Kyneton Primary School
1856
Kyneton opened as a national school in 1856. The first head teacher was Robert Begg and he was assisted by Mrs Watson. When it opened 30 students attended but this increased quickly to 80. The school buildings included two bluestone rooms.
1862
The school became a common school in 1862. Ross Cox was head teacher at the time.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1877. The new Department of Education added 2 new classrooms when it took over the school.
1907
The school was remodelled in 1907 and classes were held in the School of Mines, Salvation Army Hall and drill hall while this happened.
Kyneton Primary School when it was known as Kyneton State School, date unknown. Source: State Library of Victoria 1970
The school was renamed Kyneton Primary School in 1970.
2018
The school relocated from 7-15 Baynton Street Kyneton to the purposely built new school at 49-79 Edgecombe Street Kyneton.
2022
Kyneton Primary School is still in operation.
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.
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