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Former Balliang Primary School NO.3630.

Other Name

Staughton Vale Estate State School

Location

1272 Bacchus Marsh - Balliang Road BALLIANG, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Level

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Balliang Primary School

Statement of Significance

Balliang Primary School No. 3630 is an early Modern timber school built in 1945 after a bushfire destroyed a previous building built for the Staughton Vale Estate. An unusual 1910 sheltershed survives.

It is of local historical significance in embodying Balliang and its way of life, the aspirations of its residents and the educational development of its community life.

The pine plantation demonstrates evidence of an educational movement in Victoria. The school is socially significant as central to the identity of Balliang, as a traditional meeting place and community focus.

The sheltershed has architectural significance as a rare intact survival of a building type.

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