Diamond Creek State School SSl003

What is significant?
The c1870 State school (1003), the c1877 extensions and the c1915 remodelling, and later extensions from the life of the school's operation, and the surrounding site to the title boundaries.

How is it significant?
The school is historically, socially and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The school is historically and socially significant for its age and its enduring links with public education for the local community (Criteria A & G). The school is aesthetically and historically significant as part of a precinct of older buildings in the centre of Diamond Creek- the precinct includes St Johns Church (HO 132) and some of the older commercial buildings between the two (Criteria A & E). The school is historically and aesthetically significant as one of the few examples of a well preserved 19th century timber school house in the Shire (Criteria B, D & E).

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)