Key information
- Address:
- Waurn Ponds 3216
- Opened:
- 1 February 1871
- Closed:
- 1 January 1979
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 1040
- Other names:
- Waurn Ponds Common School, Waurn Ponds State 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 Waurn Ponds Primary School
1871
Opened as a common school in western Geelong.
The original limestone school building had an attached teacher's house.
The first head teacher was Lewis Walters who taught 41 students.
1892
Lewis Walters stopped teaching at the school after 21 years of service.
1923
Sir Alexander Peacock, Minister of Education, opened a new weatherboard school building.
R Polley, the School Committee Correspondent, played an important role.
1970
The name of the school changed to Waurn Ponds Primary School in 1970.
1979
The school closed in 1979.
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.
Oldest enrolment record
This register shows the students enrolled at Waurn Ponds from 1883 to 1906. It is currently the oldest enrolment record that PROV has for this school.
Oldest school inspection record
This inspector report is dated 1914 to 1931. It is the oldest review of school performance that PROV has for this school.
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