Key information
- Address:
- 39 High Street, Yackandandah 3749
- Opened:
- 1 November 1872
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 694 & 1103
- Other names:
- Yackandandah Common School, Yackandandah State School
- Email:
- yackandandah.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 02 6027 1431
- Status:
- Open
How to find 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's records team
- Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone: 1800 359 140
Some of the school’s records are also at PROV, see Public Record Office Victoria Yackandandah School records.
The history of Yackandandah Primary School
1870s
Yackdandah opened as a common school in 1872. It replaced Common School No. 694.
The first head teacher was John B. Besley.
The school building was brick and was built on the site next to No. 694.
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
Another brick classroom was added in 1874.
1891
A new brick room was built on a more central part of the school ground.
1899
The wooden building from Eurobin State School (No. 1355) was removed and re-erected at Yackandandah. It was used as an infant room for younger children.
1914
Two extra classrooms and a cloakroom were added in 1914. The school was also remodelled.
1924
A teacher's residence was purchased in 1924.
1942
From 1942 until the end of the war, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ‘used the head teacher's office as a control room for the Air Observation Corps'.
1970
The school was renamed Yackandandah Primary School in 1970.
2022
Yackandandah Primary School is still in operation. It marked its 150th anniversary this year.
Find more information about this school
The Public Records Office (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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