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Former Railway Steam Sawmills School

Other Names Mount Hope Saw Mills School No. 1290 ,  Kerrie Primary School No. 1290 Location 7 Cherokee Road,, KERRIE VIC 3434 - Property No B4560 File Number B4560 Level Local

[1/1] B4560 Former Railway Steam

Statement of Significance

This portable timber school was delivered from Melbourne to its present site by William McCulloch & Co., general carriers, in March 1877 on the instructions of H R Bastow, a Public Works Department architect. Originally known as the Railway Steam Saw Mills School No 1290 in 1883 and in 1892 it was re-named Kerrie State School No 1290.
This weatherboard building, which is one of the earliest portable schools still in use, had various alterations to partitions, windows and porches 1882, 1885 and 1887 and was also used as a Post Office, a Church and a Sunday shcool.
Classified: 08/11/1979