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St Leonards Primary School

Location

1339 Murradoc Road, ST LEONARDS VIC 3223 - Property No 249879

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

St Leonards Primary School was built in 1910 in Federation style of brick construction and has remained relatively unaltered. It is now located within a complex of school buildings.

St Leonards Primary School is of social and historic value to the local St Leonards community

It has been the only local educational facility for the St Leonards community for over 120 years. St Leonards Primary School of 1910 is the second school on this site. The earlier weatherboard oneroom building opened in 1874 served the small and modest farming and fishing communities at St Leonards, Murradoc and Paywit North. The brick building of 1910 represented the more established nature of St Leonards after the turn of the century.

It is of LOCAL cultural significance .

References

Blake, L. (1973) Vision and Realisation , p.996 .

ibid p. 1022

Wynd, 1.1988 Ballawein a history of the Shire of Bellarine, p.116

Mrs. Pat Rigby, pers. comm.

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)