Key information
- Address:
- 61 Worthing Road, Moorabbin 3189
- Opened:
- 1 October 1872
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 1111
- Other names:
- Moorabbin Common School, Moorabbin State School
- Email:
- moorabbin.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 9555 1101
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 Moorabbin Primary School
1870s
Moorabbin opened as a common school in 1872. It replaced Common School No. 422. The first head teacher was Charles Sadgrowe. He was previously head teacher at No. 422.
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1940s
Two prefabricated classrooms and two old weatherboard rooms from Williamstown were added to the school. A three-room weatherboard block was also added.
1957
The school football team won the Metropolitan State Schools Championship in 1957.
1959
The school basketball team won the district championship in 1959.
1962
The school became a teacher training school in 1962. Student teachers from the Toorak Teachers College trained at the school. Later student teachers from Frankston came to the school.
1968
The old weatherboard rooms were replaced by a library building opened in 1968.
1970
The school was renamed Moorabbin Primary School in 1970.
2022
Moorabbin Primary School is still in operation.
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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