Key information
- Address:
- 2 Little Ryrie Street, Geelong 3220
- Opened:
- 1 January 1939
- School type:
- Secondary
- School number:
- 260 & 8022
- Other names:
- Flinders National School, Flinders Common School, Flinders State School, Matthew Flinders Girls School, Matthew Flinders Girls High School
- Email:
- matthew.flinders.girls.sc@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 4243 0500
- Status:
- Open
How to find enrolment records
If your school is open: contact the school directly to access your records.
If your 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.
Details
The school opened in 1856 as Flinders National School.
Name change in 1863: Flinders National School changed its name to Flinders Common School No. 260.
Name change in 1873: Flinders Common School No. 260 changed its name to Flinders State School No. 260.
Name change in 1939: Flinders State School changed its name to Matthew Flinders Girls School No. 8022.
Name change in 1966: Matthew Flinders Girls School changed its name to Matthew Flinders Girls High School.
Name change in 1990: Matthew Flinders Girls High School changed its name to Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College.
You can view the school's entry in the online version of Vision and Realisation: a centenary history of state education in Victoria.
Access this publication online at the State Library of Victoria at https://shorturl.at/u4BjG.
You should find the record for this specific school in volume 2, on page 1069.
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