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
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.
Location of records
Digital records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Most hard copy records are stored in the Department of Education’s archive. To request access, contact the department’s 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
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