Key information
- Address:
- Kalkallo 3064
- Opened:
- 1 January 1855
- Closed:
- 31 December 1993
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 195
- Other names:
- Donnybrook School, Donnybrook Common School, Kalkallo 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 Kalkallo Primary School
1855
The school opened in 1855. It was called Donnybrook school when it opened.
1862
Kalkallo became a common school in 1862. Eli Chew was head teacher at the time.
1873
The school became a state school in 1873. It is believed its name changed to Kalkallo at this stage but this may have happened earlier.
By this time there was a bluestone schoolhouse. The bluestone had been quarried locally.
1913
A house was given to the school for the head teacher to live in. It had been built for the local policeman.
1955
A new teacher's house was built in 1955.
1961
A new classroom was added because the school was growing bigger.
1966
A bore hole was drilled down to provide water for the school and the teacher's house.
1967
Another new classroom was built.
1970
The name of the school changed to Kalkallo Primary School in 1970.
1993
Kalkallo Primary School closed in 1993.
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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