Key information
- Address:
- Dundas Street, Miners Rest 3352
- Opened:
- 1 January 1858
- Closed:
- 1 June 1876
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 426
- Other names:
- Miners' Rest School
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The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) doesn't have any historical records for this closed school. If you have any, or if you know of any, please let us know by emailing archives.records@education.vic.gov.au.
The history of Miner's Rest Common School
1858
The school operated under head teacher, William Clarke.
The exact opening date is unknown.
The school was on the west side of Clunes Road in Miners' Rest.
1876
The single room wooden building was too small to house the 90 students and the school subsequently closed on 1 June 1876.
Miners Rest State School (No. 1739) opened on this same site in June 1876.
Miners Rest Primary School. (Source: J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. Photo taken in 1983)
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