Key information
- Address:
- Somerton 3062
- Opened:
- 26 August 1850
- Closed:
- 31 December 1956
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 548
- Other names:
- Yuroke School, Yuroke 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 Somerton State School
1850
The school opened as a national school in 1850. When it opened it was called Yuroke School.
The first head teacher was James Tydeman.
The first schoolhouse was a brick building with shingle roof. There were two rooms for the head teacher to live in.
1862
The school became a common school in 1862.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
By 1875 the number of students at the school was growing. A new and larger schoolhouse was built. The head teacher lived in the old schoolhouse.
1900
The old schoolhouse was sold and moved elsewhere in 1900.
1956
Somerton closed in 1956.
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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