Key information
- Address:
- Bacchus Marsh 3340
- Opened:
- 11 July 1868
- Closed:
- 31 December 1930
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 916
- Other names:
- Parwan Common School
How to find enrolment and other school records
If the school is open: contact the school directly to access 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 Parwan State School
1868
Parwan opened as a common school in 1868.
The first head teacher was Robert Boyle.
Before Parwan opened, Robert Boyle had been teaching around 40 students in a crowded vacant house. They had to use boxes, slabs of timber and bricks as desks and chairs.
A brick schoolhouse was built and included rooms for the head teacher to live in.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1930
Parwan State School closed in 1930.
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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